Riyad

maleStatistical record

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

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

Riyad: Recorded every year since 1998, its highest recorded position is #953, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#953highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
1999	#1281
2000	#953
2001	#1135
2002	#1519
2003	#1132
2004	#1347
2005	#1246
2006	#1401
2007	#1578
2008	#1343
2009	#1425
2010	#1551
2011	#1688
2012	#1507
2013	#1539
2014	#1721
2015	#1380
2016	#1050
2017	#1627
2018	#1324
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#1023
2022	#1268
2023	#1533
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #953 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Riyad 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 Riyad in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	2 of 10	8
2000s	142	10 of 10	14
2010s	164	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	91	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Riyad 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #953 in England and Wales in 2000.

Riyad'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #953, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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 →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Riya · #359, 29y
Riyaan · #1152, 19y
Riyadh · #1339, 24y
Riyah · #2328, 21y

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.

Aneesha · #952, 23y
Faiz · #954, 29y
Harvey-Lee · #954, 22y
Jolyon · #950, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aneesha · #952, 23y
Eleanora · #952, 19y
Faiz · #954, 29y
Jolyon · #950, 26y

Riyad was ranked #953 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. 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.

Riyad 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 Riyad without appearing here.

Riyad moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #953 and #3036.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1343 and #3158.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1132 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Riyad

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1132 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1347 and #875.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1268 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #1207.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1023 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Riyad

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 while Leif went from #2943 to #814.

Moved the same way as Riyad

Arne Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 and Arne from #2425 to #3688.
Madison Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1281 to #1951 and Madison from #1505 to #3688.
Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #953 to #1951 and Robyn from #3036 to #4270.
Jade Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyad went from #1135 to #1951 and Jade from #2220 to #5119.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #953 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riyad

Riyad at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riyad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Riyad appears in

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Riyad at a glance

Riyad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Riyad

Riyad and the names beside it

Riyad moved ahead of

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