Riham

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Riham: Recorded since 2001, it reached #689 in 2005, and it stood at #4,634 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#689highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2003	#2727
2005	#3382
2006	#3548
2008	#3860
2009	#2326
2010	#2392
2011	#2150
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2019	#2643
2021	#4634

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 15 of the 21 years from 2001 to 2021.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3382 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3262 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4634 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Riham 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 Riham in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	35	6 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	55	8 of 10	7
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Riham 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 2001 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Riham'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	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	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 2001 and 2021, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #689, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,634position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
4 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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 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.

Brieanna · #689, 15y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y
Mihaela · #689, 18y
Shawna · #689, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Mihaela · #689, 18y
Raghad · #689, 21y
Gray · #688, 21y
Renzo · #688, 19y

Riham was ranked #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Riham 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 Riham without appearing here.

Riham moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3548 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Riham

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Hayden Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #878.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Riham

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 while Ada went from #1520 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 while Alma went from #1728 to #267.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 while Amalie went from #3998 to #1102.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 while Amelia went from #32 to #2.

Moved the same way as Riham

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 and Abigail from #22 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 and Aimee from #72 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 and Aisling from #514 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Riham went from #3262 to #4634 and Alex from #172 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2001 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Riham

Riham at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Riham at a glance

Riham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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