Riah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Riah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #350 in 2021, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#350highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1666
1998	#1823
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2226
2002	#2105
2003	#1843
2004	#4598
2005	#2247
2006	#1748
2007	#3667
2008	#3005
2009	#2326
2010	#2843
2011	#1489
2012	#2215
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#2674
2019	#4001
2021	#2942
2022	#5669
2023	#4056

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 27 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2021: #350 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2942 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 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 recorded2014–2021
Highest recorded position: #350 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2014–2021).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Riah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 211 births with the name.

Riah 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.

Riah'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	#1434 (1996)	#1434 (1996)	#4056 (2023)	27 of 28	211 (1996–2023)	20 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#734 (2018)	#885 (2025)	7 of 13	23 (2013–2025)	4 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#365 (2014)	#350 (2021)	#350 (2021)	4 of 8	15 (2014–2021)	4 (2014)

Riah 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 Riah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Riah 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #350 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Riah'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #350, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 18 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.

Alena · #350, 30y
Florrie · #350, 28y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Marlie · #351, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Florrie · #350, 28y
Marcie · #350, 29y
Tj · #350, 26y
Adley · #351, 19y

Riah was ranked #350 in Northern Ireland · Girls 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.

Riah 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 Riah without appearing here.

Riah moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Helene Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1489 and #4049.
Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #4798.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #3594.

Moved ahead of Riah

Cameron Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1843 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1535.
Luca Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2673.

Moved the opposite way to Riah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Riah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Riah went from #1434 to #4056 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #350 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Riah

Riah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riah across 3 official records

Riah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Riah appears in

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Riah across 3 official records

Riah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Riah moved ahead of

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