Riah
Riah was the 4644th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3634th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Riah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,644 girls, down 302 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30girls
- Girls and boys
- 95% girls, 5% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202443 babies
- Total since 1880
- 661babies recorded
Riah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,644 | — | 30 | — |
| 2020 | #4,342 | — | 32 | — |
| 2010 | #6,141 | — | 22 | — |
| 2000 | #9,025 | — | 11 | — |
| 1990 | #14,684 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Riah, counting every spelling?
Riah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Riah?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Riah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Riah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Riah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Riah?
About 600 people born in the US named Riah are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Riah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Riah by state
How common Riah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Riah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Riah, they share its era and feel.
Riah is also a nickname for Azariah.
Questions about the name Riah
How popular is the name Riah?
Riah was the 4644th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3634th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Riah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Riah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 95% girls, 5% boys given the name Riah in the US.
Where is Riah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Riah was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.