Rhiana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rhiana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rhiana: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #764 in 2006, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1234
1998	#1480
1999	#1805
2000	#1195
2001	#992
2002	#1372
2003	#996
2004	#1383
2005	#1243
2006	#816
2007	#1020
2008	#2292
2009	#2326
2010	#2589
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2011.

In 2006: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #816 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhiana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rhiana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	53	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	196	10 of 10	20
2010s	12	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rhiana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Rhiana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2011, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Rhian · #219, 31y
Rhiann · #671, 19y
Rhianna · #38, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adelyn · #764, 14y
Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Anna-Leigh · #764, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Leigh · #764, 15y
Bryanna · #764, 22y
Clarisse · #764, 19y
Eliezer · #764, 29y

Rhiana was ranked #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rhiana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rhiana without appearing here.

Rhiana moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1805 and #1970.

Moved ahead of Rhiana

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2150.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2326 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Luca Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Rhiana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #386.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 while Alma went from #2096 to #702.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 while Alyssa went from #783 to #160.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 while Amalie went from #2096 to #692.

Moved the same way as Rhiana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #38.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #104.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1665.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiana went from #1112 to #5785 and Alex from #161 to #652.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Rhiana at a glance

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Rhiana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rhiana at a glance

Rhiana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rhiana moved ahead of

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