River
River places #111 across the country in 2025, as settled as a name gets. A newer arrival, the national records only pick it up in 1971, with 39,676 bearers to date.
River’s free Name Kit
Five printables for River, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
River since 1971
River peaked for girls in 2022 at #150 and stands at #220 in 2025. River peaked for boys in 2021 at #110 and stands at #111 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where River is most common
Among the states, River takes its largest share in Vermont, 0.58% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with West Virginia and Hawaii next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near River
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Raelynn
#116 in 2025
Ryder
#133 in 2025
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Ryker
#183 in 2025
Reese
#192 in 2025
Rory
#199 in 2025 · Celtic
Rowan
#59 in 2025
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About River
Where does River rank right now?
River places #111 across the country in 2025, as settled as a name gets. The full curve since 1971 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does River have a meaning on record?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, River keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Which names sit near River?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Raelynn sits closest, with Ryder and Rylee just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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