Riker Boy
How popular is Riker?
#2,676 boy name in 2025
48 baby boys were named Riker in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
Riker popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,676 for boys (▼ 556 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,657 in 2015, #2,046 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (95 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,657 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Riker counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ryker family of names ranked #190 for boys in 2025 (#191 the year before), with 2,056 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ryker | 2,003 | 97% |
| Riker | 48 | 2% |
| Rykker | 5 | 0% |
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 Riker is most popular
Babies named Riker per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Riker by decade
Boy names about as popular as Riker
Questions
- Is Riker a boy or girl name?
- Riker is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Riker were boys.
- How popular is the name Riker?
- 48 baby boys were named Riker in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
- When was Riker most popular?
- Riker peaked in 2015, when 95 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,657 in 2015.
- How many people are named Riker?
- 1,258 babies have been named Riker in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,248 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Riker most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Riker was most common in Utah, at 0.1 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.