Riva is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

[1] The area is scenic, especially where the two-lane Riva Road crosses the South River on a bridge.

Riva is bordered by Annapolis to the north, Edgewater to the east, and Davidsonville to the west.

Aisquith Farm E Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

13.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.