Riot
Riot was the 1265th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 156 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1248th with 159 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 958 places. More babies were named Riot in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,265 boys, up 601 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 156boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024159 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,513babies recorded
Riot popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,872 | #1,265 | 21 | 156 |
| 2020 | #6,280 | #1,866 | 19 | 80 |
| 2010 | — | #4,645 | — | 21 |
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How popular is Riot, counting every spelling?
Riot is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,091 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,265 for Riot on its own. Together these spellings went to 182 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riot | 156 | #1,265 | 617 |
| Riott | 26 | #4,116 | 82 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Riot?
156 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Riot (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Riot 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 54 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Riot.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Riot?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Riot are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Riot 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.
Riot by state
How common Riot was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (4.5×), Oklahoma (4.3×), Ohio (1.9×). In 35 states fewer than five boys 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 Riot: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Riot, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Riot
How popular is the name Riot?
Riot was the 1265th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 156 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1248th with 159 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 958 places. More babies were named Riot in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Riot a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Riot in the US.
Where is Riot most popular?
In 2021–2025, Riot was most common in Utah (0.33 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Montana.