Riston - boys' name
43 babies named Riston in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 boys have been named Riston since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 43
- total births
- 1999–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Riston was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Riston in 1999 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riston
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Riston between 1999 and 2020, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riston performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Riston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riston 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 43 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.
Riston at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Riston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2020
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2020.
43 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 9 births in a single year.
Riston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 24 births that decade - 56% of Riston's all-time total
Riston decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Riston's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2020 (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.