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How popular is the name Rihanna?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rihannas are alive today.

Rihanna (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 281 babies were given the name, the 193rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 5% of its peak.

The Rihanna you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Rihannas born in England and Wales are between 14 and 19, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rihanna - on average, only one in every 186 such rooms contains a Rihanna.

How many babies are named Rihanna each year?

010020020202005: 462006: 1962007: 2812008: 2652009: 1612010: 1362011: 1432012: 812013: 602014: 472015: 352016: 412017: 312018: 332019: 262020: 312021: 242022: 242023: 392024: 272025: 15actual

Where does Rihanna rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,00020202005: ranked 6682006: ranked 2392007: ranked 1932008: ranked 1982009: ranked 2932010: ranked 3412011: ranked 3362012: ranked 5222013: ranked 6632014: ranked 8142015: ranked 1,0072016: ranked 8972017: ranked 1,1052018: ranked 1,0592019: ranked 1,2522020: ranked 1,0652021: ranked 1,3112022: ranked 1,3262023: ranked 9062024: ranked 1,2302025: ranked 1,892

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rihanna per year in England and Wales, 2005 to 2025, peaking at about 281 in 2007
Rihanna: births per year in England and Wales, 2005-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rihanna most popular?

Rihanna peaked in 2007, when 281 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rihanna?

At least 1,700 people named Rihanna born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rihanna?

Most living Rihannas are between 14 and 19; the most common age is about 19.

Is Rihanna becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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