Rivers · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 85 recorded years as a table

Rivers, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1910	31
1911	27
1912	16
1913	20
1914	9
1915	14
1916	6
1917	6
1919	8
1920	10
1921	9
1922	11
1923	5
1924	9
1925	8
1926	5
1927	7
1928	5
1929	9
1930	5
1932	5
1933	6
1936	10
1937	8
1938	10
1939	5
1940	6
1941	8
1942	4
1943	4
1945	4
1946	4
1947	4
1948	3
1949	4
1951	3
1953	3
1954	2
1957	4
1959	2
1960	2
1962	3
1964	3
1965	3
1970	6
1971	3
1974	4
1978	3
1979	3
1983	3
1991	4
1992	4
1993	4
1994	4
1995	4
1996	6
1997	10
1998	3
1999	8
2000	5
2001	10
2002	15
2003	13
2004	13
2005	17
2006	15
2007	13
2008	17
2009	22
2010	28
2011	29
2012	31
2013	35
2014	36
2015	43
2016	42
2017	47
2018	51
2019	53
2020	57
2021	56
2022	46
2023	29
2024	31
2025	26

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rivers isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 45
Rank in 2025: #2,798
How rare: 1 in 37,957 boys
Since 1910: 1,888

Most popular in 2020, at 57 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.