Rihanna
- #2,139 for girls in 2025, 87 births
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Around 2005: Music of the Sun by Rihanna (album)
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 1,075 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,612since 2000
Rihanna over time
Rank among girls' names. Rihanna has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,139 | 87 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,361 | 165 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,659 | 127 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,577 | 133 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,485 | 144 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,642 | 129 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,360 | 166 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,409 | 162 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,330 | 178 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,329 | 178 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,173 | 209 | — | |
| 2013 | #938 | 269 | — | |
| 2012 | #831 | 323 | — | |
| 2011 | #724 | 381 | — | |
| 2010 | #587 | 500 | — | |
| 2009 | #389 | 825 | — | |
| 2008 | #311 | 1,075 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #414 | 789 | — | |
| 2006 | #531 | 572 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 | — | |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Rihanna! It came in at #13,154, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001–2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rihanna is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#873 · 1 in 4,806
- New York#980 · 1 in 5,222
- Washington#1,046 · 1 in 5,772
- Pennsylvania#1,392 · 1 in 9,338
- Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460
Best ever in a state: #136 in District of Columbia, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
| New York | #980 | 15 | 1 in 5,222 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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See more about Rihanna
- 654 spots since 2020 (#1,485 → #2,139)
- Biggest jump: 1,747 spots in 2006
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 2014
- Debuted 2000
- Peaked 2008 at #311 (1,075 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2006–2013
- Highest: 1 in 1,759 girls born in 2008 were named Rihanna (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,474 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 50.6% of all girls named Rihanna (3,346) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 2000s | 3,346 | #311 (2008) | #2,846 |
| 2010s | 2,495 | #587 (2010) | #1,132 |
| 2020s | 771 | #1,361 (2023) | #1,662 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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