Riain

maleStatistical record

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

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

Riain: Recorded since 1994, it reached #190 in 2007, and it stood at #779 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#190highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2004	#3651
2021	#3990

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 29 years from 1994 to 2022.

In 2016: #412 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #421 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #342 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1994–2022
Highest recorded position: #190 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1994–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Riain appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1994, and has registered 305 births with the name.

Riain 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.

Riain'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 · Boys	#342 (1994)	#190 (2007)	#779 (2022)	24 of 29	305 (1994–2022)	30 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2901 (1998)	#3990 (2021)	3 of 24	10 (1998–2021)	4 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#243 (2001)	#421 (2016)	6 of 19	20 (1998–2016)	4 (2001)

Riain by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Riain in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	147	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	142	9 of 10	16
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Riain 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 1994 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #190 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Riain'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	18	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	25	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	30	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	26	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	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 1994 and 2022, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #190, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 4 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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Riana · #910, 29y

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.

Pearce · #190, 24y
Keri · #191, 20y
Rome · #191, 22y
Brogan · #188, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Corrie · #190, 15y
Kelsie · #190, 31y
Ace · #191, 29y
Junior · #189, 30y

Riain was ranked #190 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Riain 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 Riain without appearing here.

Riain moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2005 they stood at #322 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #232 and #493.
Mitchell Compare
In 2004 they stood at #322 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #205 and #448.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #369 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2000 that had become #236 and #390.
Graham Compare
In 2004 they stood at #322 and #244 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #205 and #283.

Moved ahead of Riain

Theodor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #506 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #459.
Marius Compare
In 2021 they stood at #506 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #779 and #509.
Andreas Compare
In 2019 they stood at #374 and #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #496.
Beau Compare
In 2018 they stood at #374 and #418 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #506 and #268.

Moved the opposite way to Riain

Alex Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 while Alex went from #108 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 while Alexander went from #79 to #40.
Arthur Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 while Arthur went from #180 to #68.
Ben Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 while Ben went from #99 to #40.

Moved the same way as Riain

Aaron Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 and Aaron from #18 to #62.
Adam Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 and Adam from #15 to #22.
Adrian Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 and Adrian from #81 to #225.
Alan Compare
Between 1994 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Riain went from #342 to #779 and Alan from #34 to #173.

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 1994 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #190 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Riain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riain across 3 official records

Riain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Riain across 3 official records

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