Riviera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- riv-ee-AIR-a
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Riviera is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “coastline, shore”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Riviera mean?
Italian: Italian riviera, from Latin ripa 'bank'
“coastline, shore”
From the Italian word for a coastline, best known from the French and Italian Riviera.
Is Riviera a girl's or a boy's name?
Riviera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riviera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Riviera, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Riviera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Riviera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Riviera, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Riviera in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riviera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
Names like Riviera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Aria Arabella Dua Sienna Pippa Eliana Ariella Luna Orla Alora Esme
Names related to Riviera
More Italian names
Enzo Bella Kiara Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Riviera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riviera, updated 20 October 2026.