Riviera

girls:

99 births since 1994

#5617 (2nd percentile)

overall:

99 births since 1994

#7640 (1st percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Riviera is the #7,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,617 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1994.

Riviera first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994). Birth data for Riviera is available in 11 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023. 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.

For girls, Riviera reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #938) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Riviera is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #940 (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Riviera".

1994 2023 19942023

Key Statistics

Total Births
99
Peak Births
12
Peak Year
2019
First Recorded
1994
Peak Percentile
0.7%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#938
Current Rank
#940
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Riviera

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Riviera. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 56.4% confident that Riviera is pronounced as rih-vee-EH-ruh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rih-VYEH-ruh, at 15.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

rih-vee-EH-ruh (4 syllables)
Verified
56.4% confidence
R IH0 V IY0 EH1 R AH0
rih-VYEH-ruh (3 syllables)
15.4% confidence
R IH0 V Y EH1 R AH0
rih-VEE-er-uh (4 syllables)
12.8% confidence
R IH0 V IY1 ER0 AH0
rih-VEE-eh-ruh (4 syllables)
10.3% confidence
R IH0 V IY1 EH0 R AH0
rih-VIH-eh-ruh (4 syllables)
5.1% confidence
R IH0 V IH1 EH0 R AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R IH0 V IY0 EH1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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