River Boys

The U.S. popularity history of River: every year it appeared on the national list since 1971, with 39,676 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

39,676

Peak year

2021 #110

Years on the list

10-year trend

+48.1%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1971–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	645	#424
2012	722	#405
2013	830	#371
2014	1,243	#287
2015	1,516	#244
2016	1,852	#212
2017	1,969	#200
2018	2,078	#197
2019	2,371	#168
2020	2,816	#129
2021	3,504	#110
2022	3,500	#105
2023	3,117	#116
2024	3,160	#112
2025	3,139	#111

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2021

355

339

167

158

144

135

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