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
20times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#631highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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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

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 15 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1162 among boys in England and Wales.

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

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 #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Riaan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 378 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)	#1162 (2024)	15 of 20	378 (2005–2024)	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	176	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas 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.

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
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.

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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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, 13y
Aashvi · #631, 12y
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, 12y
Beckett · #631, 18y
Brielle · #631, 22y
Kaius · #631, 22y

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.

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 2,573 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 Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #821 and #4747.
Rune Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #3822.
Brooke Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Riaan

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #738 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1162 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Riaan

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Riaan

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaan went from #3208 to #1162 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

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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 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Riaan across 2 official records

Riaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Riaan across 2 official records

Riaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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