Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name River from 2K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 03/29/26 - 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 generally a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ It can be both. However, River is majorly used as a female Dog name. About 54.5% of all River in the USA are female whereas only 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 pretty popular Dog name. River is currently the 155th most popular Dog name in the USA. it reached its peak popularity as the 61st most common Dog name in Dec. In recent months, the name has become more trendy again. 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: Woody Gracie Major Pepe