Is Riven a boy or girl name?

Riven is a unisex name. Of the 513 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.2% were girls and 60.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Riven

Recorded 2008–2025 · United States

Riven was most popular in 2023, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,285 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,466, with 70 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 513 people named Riven.

Riven over time

Births per year. The dot marks Riven’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Riven a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Riven is a unisex name — 39.2% of the 513 Americans given it were girls and 60.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org