Rivky
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIV-kee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,484 for girls
Rivky is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie, bind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,484th for girls in the US (144 babies).
What does Rivky mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Rivka (Rebecca)
“to tie, bind”
A pet form of Rivka, the Hebrew form of Rebecca, wife of Isaac in Genesis; it is used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Rivky a girl's or a boy's name?
Rivky is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 144 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rivky in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Rivky, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
2025 had the most girls named Rivky of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Rivky in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Rivky in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
How popular is Rivky in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,484among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 144about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 144 girls in the US were named Rivky, making it the 1,484th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,893rd. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had the most girls named Rivky of any year since it first appeared, in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Rivky in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rivky in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #1,484 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,648 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,709 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,590 |
| 2021 | 116 | #1,760 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,893 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,087 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,887 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
Names like Rivky
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Raya Romy Riley Poppy Aoife Esme River Remi Maryam Ivy Lainey
Names related to Rivky
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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, “Rivky: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rivky, updated 20 October 2026.