Riaz

maleStatistical record

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

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

Riaz: Recorded since 1996, it reached #883 in 2001, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#883highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1761
1998	#1055
1999	#1082
2000	#1167
2001	#883
2002	#950
2003	#1132
2004	#999
2005	#1617
2006	#1347
2007	#1361
2008	#1953
2009	#1981
2010	#1551
2011	#1522
2012	#1507
2013	#1462
2014	#1721
2015	#1786
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#2112
2019	#4702
2021	#3990
2022	#3048
2023	#2546
2024	#3688

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #883 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Riaz 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 Riaz in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
2010s	117	10 of 10	12
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Riaz appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in England and Wales in 2001.

Riaz'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #883, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Jaylan · #882, 25y
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Umaima · #886, 24y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cyra · #883, 25y
Daisey · #883, 28y
Ginevra · #883, 18y
Hadia · #883, 29y

Riaz was ranked #883 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. 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.

Riaz 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 Riaz without appearing here.

Riaz moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #1981 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #2941.

Moved ahead of Riaz

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Riaz

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Riaz

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riaz went from #2020 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riaz

Riaz at a glance

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Riaz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Riaz at a glance

Riaz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Riaz moved ahead of

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