boys:
1.7k births since 2009
#3025 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 2009
#6077 (21st percentile)
The name Riaan is the #6,077 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,672 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 21.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,025 (34.0% percentile) for all time with 1,672 births since 2009.
Riaan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (first recorded for boys in 2009).
For boys, Riaan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 27.0% percentile (ranked #673) with 129 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 129 births per million (ranked 27.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Riaan ranks #790 for boys (13.3% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 53.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Riaan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Riaan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Riaan is pronounced as REE-ahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ree-AHN, at 32.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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