Riya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Riya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #359 in 2006, and it stood at #676 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#359highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#770
1998	#717
1999	#816
2000	#557
2001	#466
2002	#469
2003	#508
2004	#453
2005	#410
2006	#359
2007	#373
2008	#427
2009	#384
2010	#438
2011	#432
2012	#430
2013	#528
2014	#508
2015	#577
2016	#503
2017	#648
2018	#602
2019	#609
2020	#604
2021	#667
2022	#596
2023	#832
2024	#676

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #676 among girls in England and Wales, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #359 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #676 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Riya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,055 births with the name.

Riya across 2 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.

Riya'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	#1646 (1996)	#359 (2006)	#676 (2024)	29 of 29	2,055 (1996–2024)	118 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#597 (2008)	#736 (2024)	12 of 19	48 (2006–2024)	6 (2008)

Riya 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 Riya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	849	10 of 10	85
2010s	821	10 of 10	82
2020s	285	5 of 10	57

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 85 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 28, from 90 to 118.

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

Riya 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 2006.

Riya'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	#676	56	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#832	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#596	64	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#667	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#604	64	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#609	65	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#602	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#503	86	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#577	74	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#508	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#528	79	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#430	107	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#432	99	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#438	96	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#384	110	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#427	99	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#373	112	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#359	118	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#410	90	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#453	77	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#469	66	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#466	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#557	49	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#717	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #359, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 118 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 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.

Rivkah · #2770, 16y
Rivky · #1705, 18y
Riyaan · #1152, 19y
Riyad · #953, 27y

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.

Neave · #359, 29y
Alanis · #358, 29y
Maira · #358, 29y
Md · #361, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Neave · #359, 29y
Rajan · #359, 29y
Sabah · #359, 28y
Alanis · #358, 29y

Riya was ranked #359 in England and Wales · 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.

Riya 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 Riya without appearing here.

Riya moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #770 and #2738.
Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #770 and #1802.
Ingrid Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1434 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #770 and #1666.
Debra Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #770 and #1543.

Moved ahead of Riya

Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #597 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #907 and #371.
May Compare
In 2009 they stood at #597 and #665 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #444.
Aurora Compare
In 2009 they stood at #597 and #750 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #475.
Astrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #758 and #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #896 and #660.

Moved the opposite way to Riya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Riya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Riya went from #1646 to #676 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riya

Riya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riya across 2 official records

Riya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Riya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Riya

Riya and the names beside it

Riya moved ahead of

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Riya at a glance

Riya across 2 official records

Riya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Riya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Riya

Riya and the names beside it

Riya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Riya

Moved the opposite way to Riya

Moved the same way as Riya