Riyan
#1,862 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Riyan has been given to 1,832 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,862 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 97 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.
Babies named Riyan, 2025
1 in 39,000
Riyan 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Riyan over time
In 2025, Riyan went to 9% girls and 91% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Riyan?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 39,000
- 85 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 20,100
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,862
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 27,035 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Riyan 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 27,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Riyan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Riyans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Riyan was born before 2018 — so the typical Riyan is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 45.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,144
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 45.6% of all recorded uses (522).
Is Riyan 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
- +604
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +154
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +326
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.35×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 87.6%
- Peak was 2022 (97)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.0% average annual change
Spellings of Riyan
Riyan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 33.6% against Riyan's 0.03%.
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 Riyan is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Riyan was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 21,568 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1New Jersey1 in 6,250
- 2Illinois1 in 14,286
- 3California1 in 16,667
- 4New York1 in 16,667
- 5Texas1 in 25,000
- 6Virginia1 in 25,000
- 7Georgia1 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.
Where Riyan is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Riyan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 382,171 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Riyan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Riyan around the world
Where Riyan 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 & Wales1998–2025#845in 2025
- Scotland2025–2025#762in 2025
- Ireland2025–2025#829in 2025
- France1998–2025#1,866in 2025
- Canada2006–2024#1,331in 2024
- South Australia2009–2010#754in 2010
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Riyan by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Riyan
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Riyan
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.