Riva

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Riva: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Riva: Recorded since 1996, it reached #446 in 2021, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1999	#3225
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#2320
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2010	#3156
2011	#4049
2012	#2338
2013	#1956
2014	#2464
2015	#1649
2016	#1370
2017	#1371
2018	#1272
2019	#1389
2020	#894
2021	#936
2022	#839
2023	#888
2024	#1198

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #888 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Riva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Riva in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	37	8 of 10	5
2010s	161	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	187	5 of 10	37

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Riva appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Riva's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#888	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#839	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rithvik · #2320, 12y
Ritvik · #2870, 11y
Rivaan · #1207, 11y
Rivah · #2063, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anabella · #446, 23y
Emie · #446, 25y
Layna · #446, 27y
Kalina · #444, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jovan · #446, 29y
Layna · #446, 27y
Ashanti · #445, 29y
Gianni · #445, 29y

Riva was ranked #446 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Riva and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Riva without appearing here.

Riva moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Riva

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3936.
Ida Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #2770.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1272 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Riva

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Riva

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riva went from #2683 to #1198 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riva

Riva at a glance

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Popularity journey

Riva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Riva at a glance

Riva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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