Unisex name · since 1996
Riese
64 babies named Riese in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riese sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 64 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Riese recorded 64 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2016.
- #20,471 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 64 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riese ranks #20,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riese's 64 recorded births place it above 54.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Riese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Riese's full recorded timeline at 2002, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Riese popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Riese popularity over time - girls
44 total births recorded since 2000 (Riese as girls' name)
Riese by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (46 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Riese's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Riese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46 births (72% of all-time use).
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What to do with Riese's data
- Riese's decade-level peak was the 2000s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Riese: 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 (~20 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, 1996–2016 (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 Riese 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.