girls:
2.1k births since 1930
#3772 (34th percentile)
boys:
4.4k births since 1920
#1834 (60th percentile)
overall:
6.4k births since 1920
#3374 (56th percentile)
The name Rio is the #3,374 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,433 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 56.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,834 (60.0% percentile) for all time with 4,367 births since 1920. For girls, it ranks #3,772 (34.0% percentile) for all time with 2,066 births since 1930.
Rio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1930 for girls). Birth data for Rio is available in 62 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (61 years for boys and 42 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rio has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 82.8% of babies named Rio were boys.
For boys, Rio reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 47.8% percentile (ranked #483) with 283 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 283 births per million (ranked 47.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1983, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rio is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #493 (45.9% percentile) with 279 births per million.
For girls, Rio reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #817) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 69 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rio ranks #846 for girls (10.7% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 87.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rio".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Rio is pronounced as REE-oh, which has 2 syllables.
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