Riyadh — boys' name
58 babies named Riyadh in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Riyadh was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Riyadh in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riyadh
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Riyadh between 1991 and 2023, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riyadh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riyadh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Riyadh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riyadh 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 58 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.
Riyadh at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Riyadh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
58 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 13 births in a single year.
Riyadh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 31% of Riyadh's all-time total
Riyadh decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Riyadh's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1991–2023 (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.