Boys' name · since 1917
Rial
Rial has 32 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
32 boys have been named Rial since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rial has been recorded 32 times among boys since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1986.
- #25,472 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 32 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rial ranks #25,472 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #25,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Rial's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rial's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rial's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1986
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Rial by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 34% of the file).
1910s was Rial's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Rial births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Rial's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- 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 Rial: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1917–1986 (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 Rial 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.