Ria

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ria: Recorded since 1981, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #179, and it stood at #325 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
83times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ria's record

Moved 149 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#302
1997	#286
1998	#284
1999	#252
2000	#278
2001	#231
2002	#231
2003	#216
2004	#192
2005	#194
2006	#224
2007	#251
2008	#296
2009	#267
2010	#288
2011	#300
2012	#314
2013	#334
2014	#415
2015	#417
2016	#458
2017	#560
2018	#596
2019	#532
2020	#771
2021	#634
2022	#706
2023	#637
2024	#980

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 Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2024: #179 among girls in Northern Ireland, #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #980 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #179 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2000–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ria appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 357 births with the name.

Ria 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.

Ria'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1981)	#227 (2013)	#325 (2025)	32 of 45	357 (1981–2025)	24 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#302 (1996)	#192 (2004)	#980 (2024)	29 of 29	3,900 (1996–2024)	253 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#248 (2000)	#179 (2024)	#179 (2024)	22 of 25	137 (2000–2024)	10 (2018)

Ria by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Ria in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	9	2 of 10	5
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	174	10 of 10	17
2020s	71	6 of 10	12

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ria 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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Ria'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	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#637	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#706	52	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#634	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#771	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#532	76	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#596	69	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#560	77	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#458	95	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#417	106	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#415	104	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#334	139	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#314	154	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#300	164	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#288	168	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#267	180	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#296	158	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#251	198	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#224	217	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#194	253	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#192	250	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#216	216	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#231	178	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#231	171	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#278	138	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#252	159	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#284	132	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#286	127	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#302	118	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#179	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#228	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#301	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	24	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	18	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	23	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	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 1981 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 253 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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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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.

Tyra · #176, 33y
Byron · #175, 32y
Eveline · #184, 29y
Iqra · #184, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Nikolas · #177, 40y
Byron · #175, 32y
Iqra · #184, 36y
Blain · #186, 13y

Ria was ranked #179 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Ria 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 Ria without appearing here.

Ria moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #559 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #236 and #910.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #278 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #231 and #871.
Barbara Compare
In 2020 they stood at #495 and #495 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #299 and #883.
Aimee Compare
In 2020 they stood at #771 and #749 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #634 and #1195.

Moved ahead of Ria

Chloe Compare
In 1994 they stood at #414 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #451 and #25.
Rita Compare
In 2023 they stood at #637 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #980 and #625.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #532 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #771 and #460.
Maya Compare
In 1999 they stood at #355 and #392 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #251.

Moved the opposite way to Ria

Danielle Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ria went from #471 to #275 while Danielle went from #123 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ria went from #471 to #275 while Donna went from #43 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ria went from #471 to #275 while Katrina went from #237 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ria went from #471 to #275 while Kim went from #123 to #736.

Moved the same way as Ria

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ria went from #302 to #980 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ria went from #302 to #980 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ria went from #302 to #980 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ria went from #302 to #980 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ria

Ria at a glance

What stands out in Ria's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ria across 3 official records

Ria by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ria appears in

Popularity data

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Ria at a glance

What stands out in Ria's record

Ria across 3 official records

Ria by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ria appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Ria

Ria and the names beside it

Ria moved ahead of

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