Riham — #16389 US girls' name
132 babies named Riham in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Riham was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Riham in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riham
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Riham between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riham currently holds the #16389 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Riham shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Riham in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riham 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 132 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.
Riham at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Riham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16389 among girls.
132 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 17 births in a single year.
Riham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79 births that decade — 60% of Riham's all-time total
Riham decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Riham's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Riham by state
Where Riham concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 132 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.