Riker
#2,709 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Riker has been given to 1,258 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #2,709 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 95 recorded.
Babies named Riker, 2025
1 in 69,100
Riker over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Riker?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 69,100
- 48 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 35,600
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,709
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 47,874 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Riker sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 47,874 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Riker. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rikers were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Riker was born before 2017 — so the typical Riker is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 51.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 93.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,258
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 51.0% of all recorded uses (641).
Is Riker rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −578
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −647
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,044
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.51×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 50.5%
- Peak was 2015 (95)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.1% average annual change
Spellings of Riker
Riker is not the most common spelling — Roger is, with 43.1% against Riker's 0.12%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Riker is used
Across 2016–2025, Riker was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 36,660 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Ohio1 in 20,000
- 2Virginia1 in 20,000
- 3Colorado1 in 25,000
- 4Utah1 in 25,000
- 5California1 in 33,333
- 6Texas1 in 33,333
- 7Washington1 in 33,333
- 8Florida1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Riker around the world
Where Riker ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2022–2024#5,120in 2024
- Canada2011–2023#1,448in 2023
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Riker by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Riker
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Riker
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.