NameTides

Riker

Riker was the #2,676 boys' name in the US in 2025 (48 babies), and #2,789 in Canada.

Riker as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Riker as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Riker as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#2,676 (48)—#2,789 (6)
2024#2,120 (70)#5,120 (3)—
2023#1,954 (79)—#1,687 (11)
2022#1,892 (83)#4,002 (4)#1,557 (12)
2021#1,903 (80)—#1,653 (11)
2020#2,046 (69)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,849 (81)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,981 (74)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,844 (80)——
2016#1,663 (95)—#1,831 (9)
2015#1,657 (95)—#1,577 (11)
2014#1,907 (76)—#1,778 (9)
2013#2,492 (49)——
2012#3,059 (37)—#2,368 (6)
2011#3,510 (30)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #1,657.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 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 36,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Riker is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 34,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 46,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Riker by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Riker (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RikerCanadaBoys#2,7896
RikerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RikerUSBoys#2,67648