Rian
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 61.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,624since 1948
Rian over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | #1,262 | 156 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #1,189 | 170 |
| 2022 | #2,490 | 72 | #1,264 | 153 |
| 2021 | #2,327 | 78 | #1,060 | 202 |
| 2020 | #2,216 | 81 | #1,166 | 165 |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | #1,401 | 126 |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 | #1,244 | 148 |
| 2017 | #2,053 | 95 | #1,076 | 183 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | #1,221 | 153 |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 | #1,388 | 124 |
| 2014 | #2,129 | 90 | #1,334 | 130 |
| 2013 | #2,236 | 83 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #2,047 | 94 | #1,367 | 123 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 | #1,468 | 111 |
| 2010 | #2,237 | 86 | #1,525 | 106 |
| 2009 | #2,139 | 94 | #1,381 | 123 |
| 2008 | #2,004 | 104 | #1,240 | 140 |
| 2007 | #1,704 | 128 | #1,327 | 128 |
| 2006 | #1,480 | 149 | #1,350 | 120 |
| 2005 | #1,574 | 129 | #1,525 | 93 |
| 2004 | #1,630 | 119 | #1,379 | 104 |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 | #1,181 | 126 |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | #1,483 | 85 |
| 2001 | #2,013 | 84 | #1,327 | 98 |
| 2000 | #2,055 | 80 | #1,341 | 95 |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 | #1,574 | 70 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | #1,322 | 90 |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | #1,706 | 52 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | #1,512 | 61 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 | #1,371 | 68 |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | #1,264 | 78 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 | #1,135 | 90 |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 | #1,263 | 66 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #1,140 | 70 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | #1,127 | 70 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #1,371 | 50 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #1,069 | 70 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #995 | 82 |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | #1,014 | 80 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | #1,079 | 70 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | #901 | 94 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | #969 | 79 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #933 | 83 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #1,170 | 52 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,124 | 53 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,792 | 20 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rian! It came in at #3,010, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rian is popular in 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#836 · 1 in 7,385
- Arizona#876 · 1 in 9,059
- New Jersey#967 · 1 in 9,368
- Ohio#1,017 · 1 in 10,960
- Michigan#1,063 · 1 in 10,684
Best ever in a state: #120 in Oregon, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #836 | 6 | 1 in 7,385 |
| Arizona | #876 | 5 | 1 in 9,059 |
| New Jersey | #967 | 5 | 1 in 9,368 |
| Ohio | #1,017 | 6 | 1 in 10,960 |
| Michigan | #1,063 | 5 | 1 in 10,684 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,090 | 5 | 1 in 12,932 |
| Illinois | #1,221 | 6 | 1 in 12,876 |
| Georgia | #1,254 | 5 | 1 in 12,618 |
| New York | #1,296 | 8 | 1 in 13,846 |
| Florida | #1,302 | 7 | 1 in 14,883 |
| California | #1,427 | 12 | 1 in 21,790 |
| Texas | #1,972 | 6 | 1 in 31,725 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rian
- 18 spots since 2024 (#1,262 → #1,244)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#1,166 → #1,244)
- 144 spots since 2015 (#1,388 → #1,244)
- Biggest jump: 457 spots in 1977 (#1,390 → #933)
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1980 (#901 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1979 at #901 (94 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1977–1979
- Highest: 1 in 8,661 boys born in 2021 were named Rian (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #901 in 1979, was only 1 in 18,314 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.6% of all boys named Rian (1,325) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #3,010 (1948) | #3,010 |
| 1950s | 103 | #1,458 (1955) | #2,584 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,650 (1968) | #2,273 |
| 1970s | 516 | #901 (1979) | #1,319 |
| 1980s | 697 | #995 (1982) | #1,146 |
| 1990s | 716 | #1,135 (1990) | #1,430 |
| 2000s | 1,112 | #1,181 (2003) | #1,353 |
| 2010s | 1,325 | #1,076 (2017) | #1,341 |
| 2020s | 1,006 | #1,060 (2021) | #1,198 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rian in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 15,020 of them was named Rian, which outranked 91.7% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,695Mykayla129
- #1,695Sydni129
- #1,695Yasmeen129
- #1,704Rian128
- #1,704Abbigale128
- #1,704Annalee128
- #1,704Azalea128
- #1,713Aidan127
- #1,713Avianna127
- #1,713Ayah127
Tied with 8 names at #1,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 16,214 of them was named Rian, which outranked 90.8% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,323Jakari129
- #1,323Shimon129
- #1,323Yash129
- #1,327Rian128
- #1,327Dakoda128
- #1,327Hagen128
- #1,327Leif128
- #1,332Arian127
- #1,332Dameon127
- #1,332Don127
Tied with 4 names at #1,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.