Boys' name · since 1973
Riad
231 babies named Riad in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,129 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 231
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Riad sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 231 recorded since 1973.
Riad has 231 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2024.
- #12,129 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 231 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riad ranks #12,129 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,129 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 231
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Riad's 231 recorded births place it above 73.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Riad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Riad splits its recorded history at 2006: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Riad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Riad by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Riad's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Riad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Riad's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Riad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Riad 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.