NameTides

Rio

Rio was the #532 boys' name in the US in 2025 (563 babies), and #166 in England & Wales and #438 in Canada.

Rio as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rio as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Rio as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#532 (563)#166 (305)#137 (33)#126 (18)#244 (19)#438 (73)
2024#517 (593)#166 (302)#110 (48)#154 (14)#374 (10)#613 (44)
2023#571 (514)#157 (338)#103 (51)#121 (20)#303 (14)#497 (56)
2022#560 (530)#164 (311)#126 (44)#207 (10)#293 (15)#489 (57)
2021#669 (403)#180 (293)#182 (26)#176 (13)#326 (13)#521 (55)
2020#774 (305)#222 (222)#176 (26)#334 (4)#250 (19)#576 (45)
2019#1,057 (193)#222 (230)#204 (23)#254 (7)#438 (8)#917 (25)
2018#1,122 (172)#227 (227)#225 (20)#187 (12)#471 (7)#910 (25)
2017#1,348 (132)#241 (224)#229 (21)#279 (6)#305 (14)#971 (23)
2016#1,320 (136)#246 (217)#256 (17)#358 (4)#541 (5)#938 (24)
2015#1,567 (103)#267 (192)#273 (15)#288 (6)#459 (7)#1,319 (14)
2014#1,536 (104)#213 (266)#204 (27)#243 (8)#609 (4)#1,311 (14)
2013#1,588 (97)#222 (234)#240 (18)#208 (10)#448 (7)#1,068 (19)
2012#1,575 (100)#194 (286)#166 (35)#217 (9)#616 (4)#779 (30)
2011#1,573 (99)#160 (359)#194 (26)#204 (10)#387 (10)#1,038 (20)

Rio as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rio as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rio as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,872 (105)#1,362 (23)——#1,668 (14)
2024#1,810 (111)#2,001 (14)——#1,833 (12)
2023#1,878 (106)#1,774 (16)——#1,491 (15)
2022#1,742 (119)#1,120 (30)#625 (4)#747 (4)#1,854 (11)
2021#1,676 (124)#1,311 (24)——#1,229 (20)
2020#2,034 (91)#1,507 (20)——#2,873 (6)
2019#1,844 (110)#2,869 (8)#650 (4)—#2,610 (7)
2018#2,361 (77)#1,393 (23)#680 (4)—#2,587 (7)
2017#3,145 (51)#1,628 (19)——#2,374 (8)
2016#2,798 (61)#1,571 (20)———
2015#3,915 (38)#1,783 (16)——#2,363 (8)
2014#3,486 (45)#2,314 (11)——#2,185 (9)
2013#3,573 (43)#1,707 (17)——#2,888 (6)
2012#3,213 (51)#1,649 (18)——#2,921 (6)
2011#3,014 (56)#1,489 (20)——#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #517.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Rio were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 890common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 600common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rio is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rio by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #350NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #314CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #588TXFlorida: #331FL
Rio (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#4639
Ontario2024#54222

Rio (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RioCanadaGirls#1,66814
RioCanadaBoys#43873
RioEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
RioEngland & WalesBoys#166305
RioIrelandGirls—too few
RioIrelandBoys#24419
RioNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RioNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
RioScotlandGirls—too few
RioScotlandBoys#13733
RioUSGirls#1,872105
RioUSBoys#532563