River is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #125 for boy births in the United States, given to 4,540 babies. River first appears in the data in 1971 and reached its peak in 2022 (5,430 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,540 | #125 |
| 2024 | 4,602 | #120 |
| 2023 | 4,704 | #112 |
| 2022 | 5,430 | #98 |
| 2021 | 5,390 | #99 |
| 2020 | 4,378 | #137 |
| 2019 | 3,812 | #170 |
| 2018 | 3,411 | #206 |
| 2017 | 3,150 | #231 |
| 2016 | 2,984 | #254 |
| 2015 | 2,467 | #312 |
| 2014 | 1,951 | #378 |
| 2013 | 1,318 | #528 |
| 2012 | 1,134 | #590 |
| 2011 | 938 | #674 |
| 2010 | 896 | #701 |
| 2009 | 900 | #711 |
| 2008 | 860 | #748 |
| 2007 | 693 | #886 |
| 2006 | 686 | #876 |
| 2005 | 568 | #962 |
| 2004 | 520 | #1,026 |
| 2003 | 460 | #1,109 |
| 2002 | 396 | #1,194 |
| 2001 | 395 | #1,177 |
| 2000 | 365 | #1,220 |
| 1999 | 414 | #1,096 |
| 1998 | 488 | #971 |
| 1997 | 434 | #1,028 |
| 1996 | 305 | #1,282 |
| 1995 | 303 | #1,266 |
| 1994 | 153 | #2,004 |
| 1993 | 66 | #3,441 |
| 1992 | 44 | #4,500 |
| 1991 | 40 | #4,719 |
| 1990 | 43 | #4,419 |
| 1989 | 40 | #4,504 |
| 1988 | 18 | #7,451 |
| 1987 | 13 | #8,902 |
| 1986 | 5 | #17,200 |
| 1982 | 6 | #14,535 |
| 1981 | 5 | #16,434 |
| 1975 | 7 | #11,413 |
| 1974 | 5 | #13,989 |
| 1972 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1971 | 6 | #11,979 |