Girls' name · since 1976
Riana
Riana has 2,286 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,146 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,286
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riana currently ranks #5146 among girls' names in America, with 2,286 babies recorded since 1976.
Riana has 2,286 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5146 as of the latest data, more common than 70% 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.
- #4,304 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,146 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,286 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riana ranks #4,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,146 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,286 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,146 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,286
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riana's 2,286 recorded births place it above 94.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Riana compares
2,286 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Riana's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Riana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,286 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 124 | 21 | 19,840 |
Riana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Riana's full recorded timeline at 2001, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 124 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Riana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 124
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Riana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (900 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Riana's strongest decade.
900 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Riana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 227
1980s
227 births
- 1990s
1990s
583 births
- 2000s
2000s
900 births
- 2010s 341
2010s
341 births
- 2020s 190
2020s
190 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 900 births (39% of all-time use).
How Riana 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 Riana's total volume
Riana by state
Where Riana concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 342 | 15.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 114 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 107 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 60 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 16 | 0.7% |
342 of 2,286 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Riana appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Riana's data
- Riana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (900 total births); usage has since declined to 190 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rianas (342 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 Riana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
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 Riana 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.