Riaan Boy
How popular is Riaan?
#1,753 boy name in 2025
92 baby boys were named Riaan in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
Riaan popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,753 for boys (▲ 168 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 92 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #929 in 2015, #1,053 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (262 boys) |
| Highest rank | #861 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 2009 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Riaan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Riaan family of names ranked #1,450 for boys in 2025 (#1,532 the year before), with 99 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Riaan | 92 | 93% |
| Ryaan | 7 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Riaan is most popular
Babies named Riaan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (141 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
Riaan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Riaan
Questions
- Is Riaan a boy or girl name?
- Riaan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Riaan were boys.
- How popular is the name Riaan?
- 92 baby boys were named Riaan in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
- When was Riaan most popular?
- Riaan peaked in 2016, when 262 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #861 in 2016.
- How many people are named Riaan?
- 1,846 babies have been named Riaan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,836 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Riaan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Riaan was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.