Riyah — #2397 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Riyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 795 babies named Riyah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riyah currently holds the #2397 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Riyah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Riyah in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riyah 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 795 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.