NameTides

Riot

Riot was the #1,263 boys' name in the US in 2025 (156 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Riot as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Riot as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Riot as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, 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
YearUSCanada
2025#1,263 (156)#2,095 (9)
2024#1,243 (159)—
2023#1,608 (108)—
2022#1,607 (109)—
2021#1,823 (85)#2,812 (5)
2020#1,849 (80)—
2019#1,899 (78)#2,189 (7)
2018#1,920 (77)—
2017#2,566 (49)—
2016#1,975 (73)—
2015#2,212 (61)—
2014#2,205 (61)—
2013#2,715 (43)—
2012#2,326 (55)—
2011#3,114 (36)—

Riot as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Riot as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Riot as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#5,722 (21)#3,478 (5)
2024#4,387 (32)—
2023#7,247 (15)—
2022#6,464 (18)—
2021#6,414 (18)—
2020#6,083 (19)—
2019#7,342 (15)—
2018#8,146 (13)—
2017#7,092 (16)—
2016#9,411 (11)—
2015#10,866 (9)—
2014#8,053 (14)—
2013#9,612 (11)—
2012#14,962 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,243.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2007.
  • In 2025, 12% of US babies named Riot 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
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 77,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Riot is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Riot 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: #227MTNorth 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: #855OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: #409UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew 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: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Riot (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
RiotCanadaGirls#3,4785
RiotCanadaBoys#2,0959
RiotUSGirls#5,72221
RiotUSBoys#1,263156