Rivka

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rivka: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #929 in 2004, and it stood at #1,491 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#929highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#1450
1998	#1211
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#1238
2002	#2105
2003	#1722
2004	#929
2005	#1200
2006	#1435
2007	#1573
2008	#1206
2009	#1171
2010	#1257
2011	#1903
2012	#1893
2013	#1639
2014	#1272
2015	#1240
2016	#1472
2017	#1144
2018	#1436
2019	#1063
2020	#1687
2021	#1259
2022	#1215
2023	#1288
2024	#1491

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #929 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rivka 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 Rivka in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000s	178	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	231	10 of 10	23
2020s	116	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Rivka 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #929 in England and Wales in 2004.

Rivka'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	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1215	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1063	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#929	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #929, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,491position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 201925 to 49 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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Rivky · #1705, 18y

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.

Jedidiah · #929, 28y
Manveer · #928, 29y
Patience · #928, 29y
Kymani · #926, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jedidiah · #929, 28y
Manveer · #928, 29y
Patience · #928, 29y
Kymani · #926, 26y

Rivka was ranked #929 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Rivka 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 Rivka without appearing here.

Rivka moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Carol Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1722 and #1722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #929 and #2278.
Judith Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #1809 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #2887.
Sinead Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #1556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1259 and #2499.

Moved ahead of Rivka

Riley Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1238 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #822.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1257 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #1067.
Ezra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1063 and #1119 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #1164.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1171 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #773.

Moved the opposite way to Rivka

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rivka went from #929 to #1491 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Rivka

Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Rivka went from #1072 to #1893 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.
Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rivka went from #1072 to #1903 and Martine from #2350 to #4764.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #929 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rivka

Rivka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rivka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rivka at a glance

Rivka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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