Riyan
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
- Given to boys 62.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,144since 1994
Riyan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,852 | 85 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #2,444 | 56 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,851 | 86 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #1,731 | 97 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #1,903 | 80 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | #1,996 | 71 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | #1,974 | 74 |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #1,958 | 73 |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 | #2,169 | 63 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | #2,661 | 45 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | #3,189 | 34 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | #2,954 | 39 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #7,874 | 7 |
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| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
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| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1994
The first year at least five boys were named Riyan! It came in at #6,968, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Riyan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Indiana#949 · 1 in 6,333
- New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953
- California#1,085 · 1 in 9,235
- Illinois#1,280 · 1 in 9,910
- New York#1,297 · 1 in 10,553
Best ever in a state: #603 in New Jersey, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| California | #1,085 | 19 | 1 in 9,235 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
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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 Riyan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 144 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #1,852)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2022 at #1,731 (97 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,000
- Highest: 1 in 18,000 boys born in 2022 were named Riyan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.6% of all boys named Riyan (522) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,992 |
| 2000s | 122 | #4,714 (2008) | #6,749 |
| 2010s | 522 | #1,809 (2018) | #2,718 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,731 (2022) | #1,963 |
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.
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