NameTides

Rian

Rian was the #1,244 boys' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #319 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Rian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Rian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,244 (160)#319 (140)#198 (21)#19 (73)#125 (43)#713 (38)
2024#1,262 (156)#371 (116)#160 (28)#22 (67)#120 (46)#697 (38)
2023#1,189 (170)#338 (126)#278 (13)#37 (57)#110 (52)#577 (47)
2022#1,264 (153)#395 (107)#271 (14)#57 (48)#117 (53)#763 (33)
2021#1,060 (202)#352 (127)#199 (23)#95 (29)#104 (61)#662 (41)
2020#1,166 (165)#475 (82)—#111 (24)#86 (74)#1,261 (16)
2019#1,401 (126)#493 (79)#701 (3)#133 (19)#119 (55)#1,101 (19)
2018#1,244 (148)#711 (48)#595 (4)#204 (10)#102 (65)#1,334 (14)
2017#1,076 (183)#591 (63)#602 (4)#229 (8)#25 (257)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,221 (153)#531 (73)#442 (7)#166 (15)#31 (231)#1,026 (21)
2015#1,388 (124)#557 (68)#426 (7)#237 (8)#36 (200)#1,681 (10)
2014#1,334 (130)#574 (62)#439 (7)#164 (16)#35 (215)#1,200 (16)
2013#1,387 (121)#514 (72)—#171 (14)#37 (208)#1,002 (21)
2012#1,367 (123)#526 (70)#361 (9)#147 (18)#33 (243)#1,257 (15)
2011#1,468 (111)#514 (69)#304 (12)#204 (10)#42 (213)#1,326 (14)

Rian as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Rian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,661 (29)—#3,044 (6)
2024#3,176 (50)——
2023#3,014 (55)—#2,900 (6)
2022#2,490 (72)——
2021#2,327 (78)—#3,280 (5)
2020#2,216 (81)——
2019#1,773 (115)—#2,025 (10)
2018#1,692 (122)—#2,151 (9)
2017#2,053 (95)—#2,876 (6)
2016#2,093 (93)—#3,294 (5)
2015#2,152 (88)#5,730 (3)—
2014#2,129 (90)#5,691 (3)#2,026 (10)
2013#2,236 (83)—#2,204 (9)
2012#2,047 (94)#4,838 (4)#2,601 (7)
2011#2,274 (82)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,060.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.
  • In 2025, 15% of US babies named Rian were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rian is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Rian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50324

Rian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RianCanadaGirls#3,0446
RianCanadaBoys#71338
RianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RianEngland & WalesBoys#319140
RíanIrelandBoys#1490
RianIrelandBoys#12543
RìanIrelandBoys#4328
RiánIrelandBoys—too few
RianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RianNorthern IrelandBoys#1973
RianScotlandBoys#19821
RianUSGirls#4,66129
RianUSBoys#1,244160