# Rio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹioʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,812 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,530 / 2,282 (29% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,679, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 3,041 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,256 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,630 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,533 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,974 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,821 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,184 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,382 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,849 |
| 2020 | 91 | 2,047 |
| 2021 | 124 | 1,679 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,751 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,887 |
| 2024 | 111 | 1,820 |
| 2025 | 105 | 1,877 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 1,576 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,586 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,600 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,547 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,577 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,323 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,358 |
| 2018 | 172 | 1,126 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1,061 |
| 2020 | 305 | 774 |
| 2021 | 403 | 671 |
| 2022 | 530 | 560 |
| 2023 | 514 | 571 |
| 2024 | 593 | 517 |
| 2025 | 563 | 532 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,120 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 359 | 160 |
| 2012 | 286 | 194 |
| 2013 | 234 | 222 |
| 2014 | 266 | 213 |
| 2015 | 192 | 267 |
| 2016 | 217 | 246 |
| 2017 | 224 | 241 |
| 2018 | 227 | 227 |
| 2019 | 230 | 222 |
| 2020 | 222 | 222 |
| 2021 | 293 | 180 |
| 2022 | 311 | 164 |
| 2023 | 338 | 157 |
| 2024 | 302 | 166 |
| 2025 | 305 | 166 |

## People named Rio

- Rio Ferdinand, English association football player (born 1978)
- Rio Mavuba, French footballer (born 1984)
- Rio Ngumoha, English association football player (born 2008)
- Rio Mangini, American film actor, actor and pianist
- Rio Mitcham, British athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.