How rare is the name Rivka?

6,916 people in the United States have the first name Rivka, about 1 in 43,671. It ranks #3,150 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RIVKA

#3,150

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,916
About
1 in 43,671
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,916 people named Rivka, 96.9% reported their origin as White and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rivka peaked in 2025, when 464 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
464
In 2025*
464
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,022 babies have been given the name since 1949. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rivka by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,415. The largest share of babies named Rivka, 45.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#5,266121
1960s#4,288207
1970s#2,885525
1980s#2,472807
1990s#2,4891,133
2000s#2,1411,878
2010s#1,6693,024
2020s#1,4152,322
Baby boom 1946–642.1%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9614.7%
Generation Z 1997–1230.3%
2013 and later45.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rivka is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rivka has been most common in New Jersey (9.1×), New York (8.9×), and Maryland (0.75×), and least common in Illinois (0.1×).

8,980 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rivka

#3,148 Misti · 6,928#3,149 Amado · 6,919#3,151 Stefani · 6,915#3,152 Nanci · 6,910

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rivka, most common first.

#8,657 Rivky · 1,665#13,062 Rivkah · 935#17,966 Rifka · 605

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