Riya

Where Riya comes from

The dictionaries list Riya as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1981
    Riya Sen born
    Indian actress
  2. 1990
    First appearance
    #10,193 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2005
    Peak, #871
    291 babies named Riya — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,540.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Riya Sen · Indian actress, born 1981

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.