Girls' name · since 2001
Riyanna
212 babies named Riyanna in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riyanna currently ranks #12541 among girls' names in America, with 212 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Riyanna recorded 212 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #12541 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #19,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,541 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riyanna ranks #19,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,541 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riyanna's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Riyanna compares
212 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Riyanna's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Riyanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Riyanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Riyanna splits its recorded history at 2012: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Riyanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Riyanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (111 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Riyanna's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Riyanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 111 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Riyanna's data
- Riyanna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Riyanna: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Riyanna 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.