Riana — #5050 US girls' name
2,261 babies named Riana in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Riana was born in this single decade.
124 babies were named Riana in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riana
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,261 babies named Riana between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riana currently holds the #5050 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 124 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 900 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Riana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 342 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Riana in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,261 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Riana at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Riana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2000)
- 124
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #5050 among girls.
2,261 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 124 births in a single year.
Riana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 900 births that decade — 40% of Riana's all-time total
Riana decade highlights
- Peak decade 900 births
- Runner-up 583 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Riana's strongest decade
900 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Riana by state
Where Riana concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 342 | 15.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 114 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 107 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 60 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 16 | 0.7% |
342 of 2,261 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Riana appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.