Tiberius

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the Tiber river.

Babies a year
106
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies

Tiberius by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Tiberius. In the US, 106 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 109 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tiberius. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tyberiusa form of Tiberius; of the river Tiber26 in the US (2017)
  • Tiberiasof the tiber river5 in the US (2017)
  • Tavarius6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a river

Like Tiberius, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
  • Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
  • Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
  • Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
  • Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
  • Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)

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