Riah

Riah was the #4,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Riah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Riah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Riah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#4,546 (30)#5,927 (3)—#334 (4)#885 (3)
2024#3,575 (43)————
2023#3,709 (41)#4,057 (5)———
2022#3,653 (42)#5,670 (3)———
2021#4,245 (33)#2,942 (8)—#350 (4)—
2020#4,263 (32)———#834 (3)
2019#5,449 (23)#4,001 (5)—#424 (3)#871 (3)
2018#4,562 (30)#2,674 (9)—#361 (4)#734 (4)
2017#5,338 (24)#3,229 (7)———
2016#4,850 (28)#4,096 (5)#798 (3)—#868 (3)
2015#4,232 (34)#3,252 (7)#806 (3)——
2014#8,053 (14)#4,003 (5)—#365 (4)#876 (3)
2013#8,580 (13)#3,160 (7)——#747 (4)
2012#6,110 (21)#2,215 (12)———
2011#7,118 (17)#1,489 (20)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #3,575.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Riah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 64,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.