Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name River from 23K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/16/26 - Dig In Most adoptable Dogs with the the name river live in the state of California. 21.4% live in California, 14.3% live in Texas 7.1% live in New York, Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado and Utah If you want to stand out take your Dog to New Hampshire (None live there). The majority of Dogs with the name River are in the other group Is River typically a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ It's both male and female. However, River is usually used as a female Dog name. About 54.5% of all River in the United States are female while at least 45.5% are male. FEMALEMALE If you're a Dog and your name is River you are most likelyA Pit Bull Terrier 20.0% of all Dogs named River are Pit Bull Terrier 13.33% are German Shepherd Dog 6.67% are Terrier 6.67% are 6.67% are Anatolian Shepherd River is a moderately popular Dog name. River is currently the 274th most popular Dog name in the USA. it reached its peak popularity as the 61st most common Dog name in Jan. In recent months, the name has become less popular. Interesting fact: West Virginia is the state with the highest per capita adoptable Dogs named river Check out the per capita popularity of Dogs named river for each state in the map below. Is the Dog name river only for Dogs? Nope The first name river is a human name & There is also a Cat named river Did you enjoy this page? Share it! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Reddit And check out more names: Miley Luke Roscoe Phoebe