Riyah Girl
How popular is Riyah?
#2,485 girl name in 2025
71 baby girls were named Riyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
Riyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,485 for girls (▼ 96 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+97% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,068 in 2015, #3,606 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (91 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,107 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| 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 |
Riyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Riya family of names ranked #936 for girls in 2025 (#843 the year before), with 227 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Riya | 137 | 60% |
| Riyah | 71 | 31% |
| Ryiah | 12 | 5% |
| Ryia | 7 | 3% |
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 Riyah is most popular
Babies named Riyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Riyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Riyah
Questions
- Is Riyah a boy or girl name?
- Riyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Riyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Riyah?
- 71 baby girls were named Riyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
- When was Riyah most popular?
- Riyah peaked in 2023, when 91 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,107 in 2023.
- How many people are named Riyah?
- 869 babies have been named Riyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 865 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Riyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Riyah was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 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.