Rihanna — #1759 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rihanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,522 babies named Rihanna between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rihanna currently holds the #1759 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 1,075 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rihanna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rihanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 760 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rihanna in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rihanna 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 6,522 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.