girl's name

Riannon

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 348

Riannon is a girl's name. In 2006 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1987, when 14 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Riannon over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Riannon by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 27
1980s 78
1990s 82
2000s (to 2006) 63

How popular is Riannon?

In 2006, Riannon was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Riannon is used

England & Wales #7,026 3 in 2023
United States #14,588 7 in 2006

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 Riannon

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

Parents who like Riannon also like

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

Sibling names for Riannon

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

Common questions about Riannon

How popular is the name Riannon?

In 2006, Riannon was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Riannon is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Riannon most popular?

Riannon peaked in 1987, when 14 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.