girls:
551 births since 2006
#5165 (10th percentile)
boys:
726 births since 1995
#3861 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1995
#6464 (16th percentile)
The name Ryver is the #6,464 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,277 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 16.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,861 (15.8% percentile) for all time with 726 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,165 (9.6% percentile) for all time with 551 births since 2006.
Ryver first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Ryver is available in 26 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 18 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 Ryver has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 53.1% of babies named Ryver were boys.
For boys, Ryver reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.3% percentile (ranked #820) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 58 births per million (ranked 11.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ryver ranks #838 for boys (8.0% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ryver reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #871) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 39 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ryver is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #883 (6.8% percentile) with 39 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ryver".
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