Riyan

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Riyan: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #771 in 2022, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#771highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#1965
2008	#2022
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#1374
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2016	#4763
2017	#5765

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 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: #771 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1025 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Riyan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 503 births with the name.

Riyan 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.

Riyan'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 · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#771 (2022)	#1025 (2024)	27 of 27	503 (1998–2024)	42 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#1374 (2011)	#5765 (2017)	16 of 16	127 (2002–2017)	22 (2011)

Riyan 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 Riyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	242	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	172	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

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

Riyan 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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #771 in England and Wales in 2022.

Riyan'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	#1025	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#771	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#841	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#856	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	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 1998 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #771, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 27 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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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.

Musab · #771, 29y
Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Musab · #771, 29y
Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y

Riyan was ranked #771 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. 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.

Riyan 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 Riyan without appearing here.

Riyan moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #3849.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #3849.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Riyan

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Hayden Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1374 and #2150 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1720.
Francis Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #3214.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1374 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Riyan

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Riyan

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riyan went from #2901 to #1025 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #771 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riyan

Riyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riyan across 2 official records

Riyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Riyan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Riyan moved ahead of

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Riyan at a glance

Riyan across 2 official records

Riyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Riyan 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 Riyan

Riyan and the names beside it

Riyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Riyan

Moved the opposite way to Riyan

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