Girls' name · since 1976
Rhianna
5,774 babies named Rhianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,388 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,774
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
5,774 babies have been named Rhianna since 1976, making it today's #6388 girls' name.
Rhianna has 5,774 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6388 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #2,334 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,388 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,774 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhianna ranks #2,334 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,388 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,774 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,388 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,774
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rhianna's 5,774 recorded births place it above 96.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rhianna compares
5,774 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rhianna's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhianna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,774 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 495 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhianna's full recorded timeline at 2001, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 12 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 495 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhianna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 495
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Rhianna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,634 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Rhianna's strongest decade.
2,634 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Rhianna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 321
1970s
321 births
- 1980s 721
1980s
721 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,415 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,634 births
- 2010s 585
2010s
585 births
- 2020s 98
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,634 births (46% of all-time use).
How Rhianna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rhianna's total volume
Rhianna by state
Where Rhianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 694 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 430 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 313 | 5.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 294 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 184 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 156 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 130 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 113 | 2.0% |
694 of 5,774 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Rhianna appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rhianna's data
- Rhianna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,634 total births); usage has since declined to 98 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rhiannas (694 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rhianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rhianna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.