girls:
5 births since 2023
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
184 births since 2010
#4402 (4th percentile)
overall:
189 births since 2010
#7550 (2nd percentile)
The name Rivan is the #7,550 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 189 recorded births since 2010. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,402 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 184 births since 2010. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Rivan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2010 (2010 for boys and 2023 for girls).
The name Rivan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.2% of babies named Rivan were boys.
For boys, Rivan reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #885) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rivan ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rivan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Rivan is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rivan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rivan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.8% confident that Rivan is pronounced as RAI-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-vuhn, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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