Riki — #10366 US unisex name
1,184 babies named Riki in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Riki was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Riki in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riki
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,184 babies named Riki between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riki currently holds the #10366 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Riki is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 433 additional births since 1948.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riki performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Riki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Riki in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riki 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 1,184 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.
Riki at a glance
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Current rank
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Riki popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1981)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #10366 among girls.
1,184 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 46 births in a single year.
Riki popularity over time — boys
433 total births recorded since 1948 (Riki as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Riki accounts for 27% of total recorded use across both genders.
Riki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 298 births that decade — 25% of Riki's all-time total
Riki decade highlights
- Peak decade 298 births
- Runner-up 233 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Riki's strongest decade
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Riki by state
Where Riki concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 6.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 26 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
75 of 1,184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% 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, 1945–2024 (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.