Riaan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Riaan: Recorded since 2005, it reached #631 in 2021, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#631highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2010	#2941
2012	#3416
2013	#1796
2014	#1630
2015	#821
2016	#801
2017	#906
2018	#1097
2019	#1113
2020	#921
2021	#704
2022	#1058
2023	#738
2024	#1162
2025	#1466

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 21 years from 2005 to 2025.

In 2025: #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1466 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2025
Highest recorded position: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2015–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1466 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Riaan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 396 births with the name.

Riaan across 2 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.

Riaan'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 · Boys	#3208 (2005)	#704 (2021)	#1466 (2025)	16 of 21	396 (2005–2025)	49 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#631 (2021)	#676 (2025)	5 of 11	19 (2015–2025)	4 (2021)

Riaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Riaan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	198	9 of 10	22
2020sbusiest	194	6 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Riaan appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Riaan'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#1466	18	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#738	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#704	49	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#906	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	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.

Where Riaan is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Riaan, between 2005 and 2025, in 16 of those 21 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	2005–2025	16	#704 in 2021
Republic of Ireland	2015–2025	5	#631 in 2021

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 2005; it appears again in 2010.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #631, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, 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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Riadh · #212, 10y

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.

Aarvi · #631, 14y
Aashvi · #631, 13y
Beckett · #631, 18y
Miraya · #631, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aashvi · #631, 13y
Beckett · #631, 18y
Kaius · #631, 23y
Raha · #631, 16y

Riaan was ranked #631 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Abid#631
Abram#631
Alejandro#631
Alistair#631
Aayan#755
Abraham#755
Achim#755
Advik#755

Riaan 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Riaan without appearing here.

Riaan moved ahead of

Aria
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #821 and #4747.
Brent
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #3822.
Brooke
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #3822.
Matheo
In 2012 they stood at #2941 and #2629 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #3822.

Moved the opposite way to Riaan

Aaron
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 while Aaron went from #45 to #180.
Alan
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 while Alan went from #241 to #539.
Alex
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 while Alex went from #53 to #207.
Alexander
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 while Alexander went from #22 to #40.

Moved the same way as Riaan

Albie
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 and Albie from #426 to #21.
Alfred
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 and Alfred from #166 to #76.
Archie
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 and Archie from #38 to #11.
Arlo
Between 2005 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1466 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

What is known about Riaan

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 2005–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riaan

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riaan across 2 official records

Riaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Riaan at a glance

Riaan across 2 official records

Riaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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