Girls' name · since 2006
Rihonna
42 babies named Rihonna in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
42 girls have been named Rihonna since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rihonna has 42 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2010.
- #37,071 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rihonna ranks #37,071 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #37,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rihonna's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rihonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rihonna's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rihonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2010
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2010.
42 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 11 births in a single year.
Rihonna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 88% of the file).
2000s was Rihonna's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Rihonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (88% of all-time use).
Rihonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Rihonna's data
- Rihonna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (37 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 Rihonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2006–2010 (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 Rihonna 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.
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