Rhianna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhianna: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #38 in 2006, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#38highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#158
1997	#166
1998	#162
1999	#175
2000	#214
2001	#189
2002	#162
2003	#174
2004	#195
2005	#182
2006	#117
2007	#116
2008	#194
2009	#336
2010	#531
2011	#583
2012	#998
2013	#1707
2014	#1456
2015	#2705
2016	#2233
2017	#2706
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2020	#4535
2021	#3192
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #998 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #158 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
Highest recorded1997–2010
Highest recorded position: #38 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2010).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhianna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,177 births with the name.

Rhianna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rhianna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#158 (1996)	#116 (2007)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	4,177 (1996–2024)	467 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (1997)	#146 (2006)	#907 (2012)	16 of 16	157 (1997–2012)	35 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#38 (2006)	#324 (2010)	14 of 14	263 (1997–2010)	58 (2006)

Rhianna 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 Rhianna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,080	4 of 10	270
2000sbusiest	2,811	10 of 10	281
2010s	262	10 of 10	26
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 281 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births fell by 195, from 467 to 272.

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

Rhianna 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #38 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Rhianna'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#998	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#583	69	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#531	75	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#336	132	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#194	272	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#116	467	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#117	450	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#182	279	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#195	244	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#174	281	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#162	271	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#189	218	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#214	197	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#175	256	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#162	277	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#166	271	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#158	276	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#121	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#57	39	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#38	58	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#74	27	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#85	24	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#105	19	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#112	17	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#187	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#323	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	25	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #38, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 467 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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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Rhiann · #671, 19y
Rhiannan · #498, 15y
Rhianne · #301, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Leander · #38, 33y
Lauryn · #45, 28y
Sheryl · #50, 33y
Amaia · #51, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eilidh · #38, 30y
Eliana · #38, 30y
Jasper · #38, 30y
Leander · #38, 33y

Rhianna was ranked #38 in Northern 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.

Rhianna 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 Rhianna without appearing here.

Rhianna moved ahead of

Cassandra Compare
In 2002 they stood at #443 and #443 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #263 and #655.
Cameron Compare
In 2002 they stood at #443 and #374 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #263 and #490.
Monica Compare
In 2002 they stood at #443 and #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #263 and #490.
Tracey Compare
In 2002 they stood at #443 and #443 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #263 and #490.

Moved ahead of Rhianna

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Mona Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2042.

Moved the opposite way to Rhianna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rhianna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianna went from #158 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #38 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhianna

Rhianna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhianna across 3 official records

Rhianna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhianna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rhianna moved ahead of

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Rhianna at a glance

Rhianna across 3 official records

Rhianna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhianna appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rhianna

Rhianna and the names beside it

Rhianna moved ahead of

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