Rivers

Boy · RIV-erz · English

Rivers is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rivers”. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).

What does Rivers mean?

English: English word and surname

“rivers”

A plural form of River that also exists as an English surname.

Say it: RIV-erz

Is Rivers a girl's or a boy's name?

Rivers is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 45 boys in the US.

How popular is Rivers in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rivers in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 6 in 20112023

Rivers in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	4	#4,335
2022	1	#6,413
2021	3	#4,989
2020	1	#6,143
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	4	#4,161
2016	5	#3,655
2015	0	–
2014	5	#3,529
2013	4	#4,008
2012	3	#4,999
2011	6	#3,038
2010	0	–
2009	3	#4,691
2008	4	#3,836
2007	3	#4,486
2006	4	#3,522
2005	0	–
2004	4	#3,147
2003	3	#3,593
2002	0	–
2001	4	#2,714
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	0	–
1997	4	#2,438

How popular is Rivers in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,797among boys
Babies in 2025: 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 48% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Rivers, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910. 15 girls were also named Rivers in 2025 (7,131st for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Rivers than any year since 2009.

Half of all the boys named Rivers in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2000, 71% of the babies named Rivers in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 25%, with more boys than girls since 2008.

1910Busiest: 99 in 20202025

Rivers in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	45	#2,797
2024	54	#2,502
2023	50	#2,613
2022	80	#1,937
2021	98	#1,678
2020	99	#1,621
2019	95	#1,678
2018	93	#1,687
2017	87	#1,768
2016	79	#1,875
2015	82	#1,815
2014	69	#2,043
2013	67	#2,020
2012	59	#2,208
2011	55	#2,316
2010	53	#2,374
2009	43	#2,799
2008	34	#3,284
2007	28	#3,685
2006	30	#3,449
2005	33	#3,087
2004	25	#3,632
2003	25	#3,523
2002	29	#3,091
2001	20	#3,968
2000	10	#6,309
1999	15	#4,531
1998	6	#8,472
1997	19	#3,596
1996	12	#4,871
1995	7	#6,985
1994	8	#6,366
1993	8	#6,221
1992	8	#6,120
1991	9	#5,513
1990	0	–
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	0	–
1983	5	#6,234
1982	0	–
1981	0	–
1980	0	–
1979	5	#6,054
1978	5	#5,769
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	7	#4,188
1973	0	–
1972	0	–
1971	5	#4,905
1970	11	#2,890
1969	0	–
1968	0	–
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	5	#3,928
1964	6	#3,600
1963	0	–
1962	6	#3,638
1961	0	–
1960	5	#4,036
1959	5	#3,986
1958	0	–
1957	8	#3,022
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	5	#3,825
1953	5	#3,796
1952	0	–
1951	6	#3,362
1950	0	–
1949	7	#3,018
1948	5	#3,665
1947	7	#3,095
1946	7	#2,918
1945	6	#2,995
1944	0	–
1943	5	#3,536
1942	6	#3,211
1941	10	#2,333
1940	7	#2,871
1939	5	#3,479
1938	11	#2,185
1937	9	#2,479
1936	10	#2,301
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	6	#3,267
1932	5	#3,774
1931	0	–
1930	5	#3,999
1929	10	#2,588
1928	6	#3,695
1927	8	#3,150
1926	6	#3,706
1925	9	#2,934
1924	10	#2,821
1923	6	#3,819
1922	12	#2,485
1921	10	#2,803
1920	11	#2,601
1919	8	#3,114
1918	0	–
1917	6	#3,543
1916	5	#3,896
1915	12	#2,183
1914	6	#2,914
1913	10	#1,802
1912	7	#2,044
1911	6	#1,536
1910	6	#1,420

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