girl's name

Riana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,128

Riana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 25 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 124 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 132,626 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.

Riana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

900
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Riana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 45
1980s 227
1990s 583
2000s 900
2010s 341
2020s (to 2025) 190

How popular is Riana?

In 2025, Riana was given to 25 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Riana is used

Ireland #1,004 3 in 2010
Canada #1,360 18 in 2024
England & Wales #1,842 16 in 2025
United States #5,146 25 in 2025
France #6,043 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Riana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Riana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Riana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Riana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Riana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Riana

How popular is the name Riana?

In 2025, Riana was given to 25 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Riana a girl's or a boy's name?

Riana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Riana most popular?

Riana peaked in 2000, when 124 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Riana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Riana currently ranks #1,360 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.