Rivka Girl
How popular is Rivka?
#628 girl name in 2025
464 baby girls were named Rivka in the US in 2025, making it the 628th most popular girl name.
Rivka popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #628 for girls (▲ 78 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 464 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #861 in 2015, #781 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (464 girls) |
| Highest rank | #628 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rivka counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rivka family of names ranked #569 for girls in 2025 (#646 the year before), with 499 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rivka | 464 | 93% |
| Rivkah | 35 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rivka is most popular
Babies named Rivka per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 3.8 per 1,000 (685 girls)
- New York: 2.7 per 1,000 (1,055 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Rivka by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 121 | #2,698 |
| 1960s | 207 | #2,246 |
| 1970s | 525 | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 807 | #1,348 |
| 1990s | 1,133 | #1,281 |
| 2000s | 1,878 | #1,085 |
| 2010s | 3,024 | #743 |
| 2020s | 2,322 | #628 |
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Questions
- Is Rivka a boy or girl name?
- Rivka is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rivka were girls.
- How popular is the name Rivka?
- 464 baby girls were named Rivka in the US in 2025, making it the 628th most popular girl name.
- When was Rivka most popular?
- Rivka peaked in 2025, when 464 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #628 in 2025.
- How many people are named Rivka?
- 10,022 babies have been named Rivka in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,869 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Rivka most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rivka was most common in New Jersey, at 3.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.