How Many People Are Named Riva?
people named Riva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 239,345 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,619 babies named Riva in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of RIVKA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Riva in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Riva alive today is about 31 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Riva first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 2023, to 57 babies. In 2025, 41 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Riva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,006, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #3,696.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,696 |
| Best rank | #2,006 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,015 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Riva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Riva were born in New York than in any other state: about 233 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Riva was given 10.2 times as often in New York and 1.4 times in California.
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