Riya

#1,540 for girls in 2025, 137 births

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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #871, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 2008

  • 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: #697 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,572 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #449 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,284 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #531 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,779 girlsMINew York: #756 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,342 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: #1,111 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,056 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,091 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,906 girlsPANew Jersey: #441 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsNJConnecticut: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsCTCalifornia: #831 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 4,986 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: #481 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,351 girlsVAMaryland: #688 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,611 girlsMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #942 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,282 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Riya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,293 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,827 girlsTXFlorida: #1,643 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,297 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#441 · 1 in 2,183
  2. Illinois#449 · 1 in 2,284
  3. Virginia#481 · 1 in 2,351
  4. Connecticut#514 · 1 in 2,602
  5. Michigan#531 · 1 in 2,779

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#441181 in 2,183
Illinois#449291 in 2,284
Virginia#481161 in 2,351
Connecticut#51451 in 2,602
Michigan#531161 in 2,779
Maryland#68871 in 3,611
Washington#69791 in 3,572
New York#756221 in 4,342
California#831461 in 4,986
Georgia#942101 in 5,282
Pennsylvania#1,09171 in 7,906
Ohio#1,11171 in 8,056
Texas#1,293191 in 8,827
Florida#1,64371 in 12,297
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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.

See more about Riya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 265 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,540)
  • 269 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,540)
  • 419 spots since 2015 (#1,121 → #1,540)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 2002 (#1,250 → #954)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 2015 (#966 → #1,121)
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.

Riya in 2008

girls
#991
268 births · 1 in 7,056 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #991Riya268
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 7,056 of them was named Riya, which outranked 95.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Riya
  1. #983Miya271
  2. #989Hailie269
  3. #989Laylah269
  4. #991Riya268
  5. #991Jamiya268
  6. #991Kathy268
  7. #991Kenley268
  8. #995Dania267
  9. #996Elianna266
  10. #996Sky266

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →