Rihanna Girl
How popular is Rihanna?
#2,139 girl name in 2025
87 baby girls were named Rihanna in the US in 2025, making it the 2139th most popular girl name.
Rihanna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,139 for girls (▼ 386 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 87 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,329 in 2015, #1,485 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,075 girls) |
| Highest rank | #311 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rihanna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rihanna family of names ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 (#1,349 the year before), with 103 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rihanna | 87 | 84% |
| Rihana | 16 | 16% |
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 Rihanna is most popular
Babies named Rihanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Rihanna by decade
Girl names about as popular as Rihanna
Questions
- Is Rihanna a boy or girl name?
- Rihanna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rihanna were girls.
- How popular is the name Rihanna?
- 87 baby girls were named Rihanna in the US in 2025, making it the 2139th most popular girl name.
- When was Rihanna most popular?
- Rihanna peaked in 2008, when 1,075 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #311 in 2008.
- How many people are named Rihanna?
- 6,617 babies have been named Rihanna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,572 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Rihanna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rihanna was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls 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.