Rivah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rivah: Recorded since 2012, its highest recorded position is #2,063, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
13years from first to last
#2063highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#3285
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2019	#2643
2020	#2615
2021	#2942
2022	#2888
2023	#2063
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 10 of the 13 years from 2012 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2012–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2012
First recorded at #3285 among girls in England and Wales in 2012 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2012–2024
Highest recorded position: #2063 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2012–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rivah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 2012, and has registered 78 births with the name.

Rivah across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rivah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3285 (2012)	#2063 (2023)	#4192 (2024)	10 of 13	78 (2012–2024)	13 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#3990 (2021)	#3990 (2021)	#4991 (2023)	2 of 3	7 (2021–2023)	4 (2021)

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2012 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2063 in England and Wales in 2023.

Rivah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2012 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,063, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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.

Riva · #446, 25y
Rivaan · #1207, 11y
Rivan · #1799, 13y
Riven · #1309, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ivy-Mai · #2063, 11y
Lahna · #2063, 12y
Nairah · #2063, 10y
Darcie-Mai · #2058, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Ivy-Mai · #2063, 11y
Darcie-Mai · #2058, 15y
Gurseerat · #2058, 12y
Naevia · #2058, 11y

Rivah 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 Rivah without appearing here.

Rivah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Carter Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #4686.

Moved ahead of Rivah

Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2411.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Jordan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2574.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3015.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2012 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2063 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rivah

Rivah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rivah across 2 official records

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Rivah and the names beside it

Rivah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rivah

Rivah at a glance

Rivah across 2 official records

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Rivah and the names beside it

Rivah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rivah