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How popular is the name Riaan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Riaans are alive today.
Riaan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 49 babies were given the name, the 704th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak.
The Riaan you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Riaans born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 420 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Riaan - on average, only one in every 722 such rooms contains a Riaan.
How many babies are named Riaan each year?
Where does Riaan rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Riaan most popular?
Riaan peaked in 2021, when 49 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Riaan?
At least 420 people named Riaan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Riaan?
Most living Riaans are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 4.
Is Riaan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.