Riona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Riona: Recorded since 1976, it reached #169 in 2006, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#169highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#1979
1999	#1393
2000	#2416
2001	#2023
2002	#2105
2004	#3197
2005	#1934
2006	#2509
2007	#1965
2008	#1584
2009	#2326
2010	#4688
2011	#2275
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#2659
2015	#4103
2016	#2757
2017	#5765
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#4056
2024	#2574

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 Republic of Ireland in 45 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2024: #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2574 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #392 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2025
Highest recorded position: #169 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1976–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Riona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 542 births with the name.

Riona 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.

Riona'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 · Girls	#392 (1976)	#169 (2006)	#413 (2025)	45 of 50	542 (1976–2025)	37 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1393 (1999)	#2574 (2024)	28 of 29	226 (1996–2024)	17 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#261 (1998)	#176 (2001)	#227 (2024)	26 of 27	167 (1998–2024)	10 (2011)

Riona by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Riona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	17	4 of 10	4
1980s	58	9 of 10	6
1990s	64	10 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	208	10 of 10	21
2010s	175	9 of 10	19
2020s	20	3 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Riona 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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Riona'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	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#228	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	22	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	23	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	21	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	37	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	34	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	30	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	29	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	29	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	15	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	23	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	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 1976 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #169, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 22 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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Rionach · #178, 18y
Riordan · #1190, 16y

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.

Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Carrie · #170, 49y
Elly · #170, 47y
Kealan · #168, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Carrie · #170, 49y
Kealan · #168, 46y
Sidney · #168, 31y
Greg · #166, 37y

Riona was ranked #169 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Riona 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 Riona without appearing here.

Riona moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1584 and #5545.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Riona

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.
Marilyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Riona

Stacey Compare
Between 1977 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #518 to #289 while Stacey went from #220 to #651.
Yvonne Compare
Between 1976 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #217 while Yvonne went from #30 to #868.
Carol Compare
Between 1976 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #169 while Carol went from #49 to #663.
Tania Compare
Between 1976 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #169 while Tania went from #392 to #910.

Moved the same way as Riona

Donna Compare
Between 1976 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #764 and Donna from #116 to #764.
Geraldine Compare
Between 1976 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #764 and Geraldine from #44 to #883.
Leanne Compare
Between 1976 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #764 and Leanne from #392 to #883.
Susan Compare
Between 1976 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Riona went from #392 to #764 and Susan from #20 to #661.

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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riona

Riona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riona across 3 official records

Riona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Riona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Riona and the names beside it

Riona moved ahead of

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Riona at a glance

Riona across 3 official records

Riona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Riona appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Riona

Riona and the names beside it

Riona moved ahead of

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