girls:
3.4k births since 1971
#2966 (48th percentile)
boys:
5.3k births since 1948
#1642 (64th percentile)
overall:
8.7k births since 1948
#2900 (63rd percentile)
The name Rian is the #2,900 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,717 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 62.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,642 (64.2% percentile) for all time with 5,306 births since 1948. For girls, it ranks #2,966 (48.1% percentile) for all time with 3,411 births since 1971.
Rian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for boys and 1971 for girls). Birth data for Rian is available in 73 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 53 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rian has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 75.8% of babies named Rian were boys.
For boys, Rian reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 21.1% percentile (ranked #734) with 108 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 108 births per million (ranked 21.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rian ranks #747 for boys (18.0% percentile) with 92 births per million, which is 85.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rian reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #822) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 71 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rian ranks #898 for girls (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 43.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.3% confident that Rian is pronounced as REE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAI-uhn, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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