Name meaning & stats
River
River means “river”. 59,351 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
“river”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
59,351 US babies were named River between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named River (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
River is the main spelling
- River 97%
- Ryver 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)