Rivers
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Rivers
Rivers is an indisputably unisex surname with is strong nature connotation and its connection to the character Diana Rivers from Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre. Rivers is also the first name of one of the girl Sweet Home sextuplets.
Rivers for girls#7421 US
Combining two major trends, nature names and S-ending surnames, Rivers is most famous as a first name via Weezers (male) frontman Rivers Cuomo.
Rivers for boys#2828 US
The name Rivers combines two major trends: nature names like the popular River itself, and S-ending surname-names such as Brooks, Rhodes, and yes, Rivers.
Rivers is most notable as a first name via Weezers frontman Rivers Cuomo.
Pronounced RIV-urz.
As of October 2026, Rivers ranked #7421 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3405 in 2001.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,633 | 31 | #2,058 | 69 |
| 2015 | #4,569 | 31 | #1,822 | 82 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,776 | 87 |
| 2018 | #4,981 | 27 | #1,700 | 93 |
| 2019 | #4,138 | 35 | #1,684 | 95 |
| 2020 | #4,241 | 33 | #1,631 | 99 |
| 2021 | #3,720 | 41 | #1,684 | 98 |
| 2022 | #4,272 | 34 | #1,946 | 80 |
| 2023 | #4,434 | 32 | #2,642 | 50 |
| 2024 | #4,622 | 30 | #2,512 | 54 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,828 | 45 |
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Famous Riverss
- Caitlin Rivers Crowell (b. 1980)Girl
daughter of singers Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash; granddaughter of singer Johnny Cash
- Rivers CuomoBoy
American musician, best known as the lead singer in Weezer
- Rivers RomoBoy
son of Candice Crawford & Tony Romo