River-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIV-er-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
River-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “river + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies).
What does River-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of River and Rae, a short form of Rachel
“river + ewe”
A double-barrelled pairing of the nature name River with Rae, originally a short form of Rachel.
Is River-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
River-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is River-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named River-Rae, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named River-Rae of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the girls named River-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
River-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
Nicknames for River-Rae
- River 525 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like River-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosie, Maeve, Ottilie, Maeva, Eden, Bonnie, Elodie, Renesmae, Aurora, Athena, Ivy-Rose, Nova
Names related to River-Rae
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “River-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/river-rae, updated 20 October 2026.