Rio

Meaning: River
Origin: Portuguese — From the word rio, as in Rio de Janeiro

Girl's name · #1877 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

18% girls · 82% boys — About 82% of babies named Rio in recent years have been boys. Rio →

Popularity over time

Rio is near its high-water mark: it reached #1679 in 2021 and still ranked #1877 in 2025. About 2,300 girls have carried it since 1930.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#786 in Belgium (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #1,362 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,668 in Canada (2025) · #6,609 in France (2025) · #3,351 in Austria (2023) · #20,410 in Italy (2023) · #625 in Scotland (2022) · #747 in Ireland (2022) · #11,063 in Ecuador (2022).

Famous Rios

Rio Kanno — Japanese actress and tarento (born 1993)
Rio Locsin — Filipino actress (born 1961)
Rio Diaz — Filipino actress and model (1959–2004)
Rio Tsuchiya — Japanese voice actress (born 1997)
Rio Uchida — Japanese actress and gravure idol (born 1991)

In stories & tradition

Rio Morales^es — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (film)
Rio Seibu — Shine Post (anime series)

What Rios become

Among 240 notable people named Rio:

Entertainers appear 3.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rio Uchida, Japanese actress and gravure idol (born 1991).

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