River

Girl · recorded 1988–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.2 to 1)

  • #219in 2025
  • 1 in 1,147girls in 2025
  • +64%last ten years
  • 3.9×in Montana

Most popular in 2022, and up 64% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1988

05891,17719881997200720162025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 37 recorded years as a table
River, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19883
19905
19916
19924
19937
19947
199514
199621
199726
199830
199931
200028
200140
200237
200339
200454
200550
200695
2007119
2008132
2009153
2010147
2011167
2012234
2013278
2014396
2015533
2016639
2017684
2018784
2019859
2020966
20211,149
20221,177
2023989
2024890
2025872

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Montana 3.9×
  2. West Virginia 3.2×
  3. Idaho 2.9×
  4. Arkansas 2.5×
  5. Oklahoma 2.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,401
Rank in 2025
#219
How rare
1 in 1,147 girls
Since 1988
19,675

Most popular in 2022, at 1,177 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 64% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Montana3.9×30
West Virginia3.2×45
Idaho2.9×54
Arkansas2.5×71
Oklahoma2.4×95

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.