girl's name

Riella

ree-EL-uh (English)

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 168

Riella is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2009.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Riella Over Time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.

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Births named Riella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 6
2010s 24
2020s (to 2025) 108

How Popular Is Riella?

In 2025, Riella was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Riella Is Used

Canada #3,754 5 in 2021
England & Wales #4,596 5 in 2025
United States #5,626 22 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 Riella

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

How to Say Riella

  • English ree-EL-uh

Sibling Names for Riella

Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Riella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common Questions About Riella

How popular is the name Riella?

In 2025, Riella was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Riella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Riella?

Riella has 3 syllables.

When was Riella most popular?

Riella peaked in 2023, when 27 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Riella a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Riella currently ranks #4,596 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.