Rio
A unisex name of Spanish origin, meaning river.
Babies a year
305
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#532
down from #516
UK popularity
#166
305 babies · unchanged
How Rio has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #774 |
| 2021 | #673 |
| 2022 | #561 |
| 2023 | #572 |
| 2024 | #516 |
| 2025 | #532 |
Rio by the numbers
In 2025, 305 babies in England and Wales were named Rio. In the US, 177 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 133 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rio. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rio
Names that are said the same way as Rio, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ryoclear or distant6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a river
Like Rio, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)