Ria

Where Ria comes from

Diminutive of Maria.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ria
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,802 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2005
    Peak, #1,149
    202 babies named Ria — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,982.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name derived from Maria.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.