girls:
665 births since 1999
#5051 (12th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1994
#3589 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1994
#6081 (21st percentile)
The name Riyan is the #6,081 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,668 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 21.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,589 (21.7% percentile) for all time with 1,003 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,051 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 665 births since 1999.
Riyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Riyan is available in 28 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (28 years for boys and 25 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 Riyan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 79.6% of babies named Riyan were boys.
For boys, Riyan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #832) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Riyan ranks #830 for boys (8.9% percentile) with 47 births per million, which is 90.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Riyan reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #906) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Riyan ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 39.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Riyan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Riyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Riyan is pronounced as REE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAI-uhn, at 34.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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