Girls' name · since 1990
Riata
Riata has 145 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,291 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Riata currently ranks #11291 among girls' names in America, with 145 babies recorded since 1990.
Riata has 145 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11291 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, 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 1990 to 2025.
- #23,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,291 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riata ranks #23,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,291 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 145 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,291 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Riata's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Riata compares
145 31st percentile among 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
Riata's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Riata | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Riata's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Riata splits its recorded history at 2016: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Riata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Riata by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Riata's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Riata births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Riata's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- 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 Riata: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Riata 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.