Given name & surname
Rivera
Rivera is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rivera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 540 as a first name in 2020; 398,449 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rivera’s family of names
In Greek usage, Rivera as a surname is a transliteration of Ριβέρα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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