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How popular is the name Riva?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rivas are alive today.
Riva (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 807th in 2025 with 45 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Riva you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Rivas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 13, and there are at least 480 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Riva - on average, only one in every 657 such rooms contains a Riva.
How many babies are named Riva each year?
Where does Riva rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Riva most popular?
Riva peaked in 2025, when 45 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Riva?
At least 480 people named Riva born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Riva?
Most living Rivas are between 4 and 13; the most common age is about 4.
Is Riva becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.