Riven

maleStatistical record

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

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

Riven: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #1,309, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1309highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2016–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2020	#4535
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1309 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Riven appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 90 births with the name.

Riven 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.

Riven'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 · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#1309 (2023)	#1951 (2024)	13 of 22	90 (2003–2024)	20 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#3609 (2016)	#3609 (2016)	#4843 (2024)	5 of 9	21 (2016–2024)	6 (2016)

Riven by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Riven in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Riven appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023.

Riven'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,309, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
20births 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amen · #1309, 21y
Ariz · #1309, 19y
Mabon · #1309, 23y
Posy · #1311, 22y

Riven 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 Riven without appearing here.

Riven moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4702 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1860 and #4789.
Jade Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1860 and #4789.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #4107.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #4107.

Moved the opposite way to Riven

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 while Aaron went from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 while Adam went from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 while Alan went from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Riven

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 and Albie from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 and Archie from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 and Arlo from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riven went from #3467 to #1951 and Arthur from #168 to #4.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riven

Riven at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riven across 2 official records

Riven by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Riven appears in

Popularity data

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Riven at a glance

Riven across 2 official records

Riven by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Riven appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Riven and the names beside it

Riven moved ahead of

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