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Baby Boy Names - River
Baby Boy Names > Starting With R > River
The name River is of English origin, and means a flowing body of water. The table below indicates the number of times the name River has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
| Use of the Name River for Boys During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 3,624 | 3,624 | 3,624 | 3,483 | 1,757 | 796 | 413 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name River has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. River first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1994, which is the first year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
| Used as a Boy Name | Used as a Girl Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1994 | 927 | 141 | ||
| 1995 | 617 | 278 | ||
| 1996 | 632 | 269 | ||
| 1997 | 518 | 389 | ||
| 1998 | 499 | 432 | ||
| 1999 | 560 | 358 | ||
| 2000 | 611 | 314 | ||
| 2001 | 607 | 322 | ||
| 2002 | 613 | 325 | ||
| 2003 | 573 | 383 | ||
| 2004 | 550 | 413 | ||
| Totals: | 3,624 | 0 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used River as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.
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