girls:
65 births since 2005
#5651 (1st percentile)
boys:
298 births since 2011
#4288 (6th percentile)
overall:
363 births since 2005
#7376 (5th percentile)
The name Rihan is the #7,376 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 363 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,288 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 298 births since 2011. For girls, it ranks #5,651 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 2005.
Rihan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2011 for boys). Birth data for Rihan is available in 15 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (12 years for boys and 10 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 Rihan has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Rihan were boys. Interestingly, until around 2013, the name was more popular for girls (65.8% girls from 2005 to 2012), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.7% boys from 2013 to 2023).
For boys, Rihan reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #869) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rihan ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 81.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rihan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #956) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rihan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Rihan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Rihan is pronounced as REE-hahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REE-huhn, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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