girls:
9.2k births since 1949
#1687 (70th percentile)
overall:
9.2k births since 1949
#2820 (64th percentile)
The name Rivka is the #2,820 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,153 recorded births since 1949. This represents the 63.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,687 (70.5% percentile) for all time with 9,153 births since 1949.
Rivka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1949 (first recorded for girls in 1949).
For girls, Rivka reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 38.0% percentile (ranked #586) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 216 births per million (ranked 37.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1992, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rivka is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #595 (37.2% percentile) with 216 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rivka".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rivka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Rivka is pronounced as RIHV-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REEV-kuh, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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