NameTides

Riain

Riain peaked in Ireland in 2008 at #191, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Riain as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Riain as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020
Riain as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Riain to 2017, Ríain 2018, Riain 2019, Ríain 2020, Riain from 2022. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2022——#779 (3)
2021#3,990 (4)——
2020——#556 (5)
2019——#506 (6)
2018——#520 (6)
2017——#374 (10)
2016—#421 (3)#412 (8)
2015——#329 (13)
2014——#280 (17)
2013——#271 (18)
2012——#227 (25)
2011——#289 (16)
2010——#201 (29)
2009——#220 (25)
2008——#191 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2008 at #191.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1994.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RiainEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RiainIrelandBoys—too few
RíainIrelandBoys—too few
RiainNorthern IrelandBoys—too few