Rio
14
Babies in 2024
+27%
10-year change
1997
Peak · 59
-12%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Rio
Rio peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (59 babies in 1997) and has remained in active use — 14 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Rio reached its peak in 1997, when 59 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #478 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 14 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 784 girls have been officially registered with the name Rio in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 201 girls were registered with the name, starting from 11 in 2014 and ending at 14 in 2024.