Riya

Peak · girls
2005 · 291 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,273
since 1990

Riya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Riya has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #871, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,540137
2024#1,275182
2023#1,098223
2022#1,130217
2021#1,160211
2020#1,271176
2019#1,203194
2018#1,080235
2017#990262
2016#978274
2015#1,121228
2014#966276
2013#1,008247
2012#988255
2011#965265
2010#904289
2009#969274
2008#991268
2007#1,012262
2006#952274
2005#871291
2004#965248
2003#1,075206
2002#954234
2001#1,250158
2000#1,456126
1999#1,80488
1998#2,42957
1997#2,87442
1996#4,45323
1995#6,25714
1994#11,7786
1993#10,5887
1992#11,7386
1991#7,43011
1990#10,1937
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five girls were named Riya! It came in at #10,193, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1994, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Riya is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMINew York: #1,312 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,833 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #718 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,550 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,111 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,031 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #758 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,749 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,437 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,297 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,042 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,406 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,444 girlsTXFlorida: #2,151 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,352 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#718 · 1 in 3,550
  2. Virginia#758 · 1 in 3,749
  3. California#1,111 · 1 in 7,031
  4. New York#1,312 · 1 in 7,833
  5. Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866

Best ever in a state: #164 in New Jersey, 2005.

Show every state
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New Jersey#718101 in 3,550
Virginia#75891 in 3,749
California#1,111231 in 7,031
New York#1,312101 in 7,833
Illinois#1,40551 in 8,866
Texas#1,406171 in 9,444
North Carolina#1,43751 in 9,297
Georgia#1,53351 in 9,042
Florida#2,15151 in 17,352
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Riya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 269 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,540)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 2002
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 2015
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2005 at #871 (291 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2008–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,151
  • Highest: 1 in 6,151 girls born in 2010 were named Riya (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,732 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #871 in 2005, was only 1 in 6,350 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 40.3% of all girls named Riya (2,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s261#1,804 (1999)#6,954
2000s2,341#871 (2005)#1,050
2010s2,525#904 (2010)#1,020
2020s1,146#1,098 (2023)#1,246

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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