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How popular is the name Riyad?

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

Riyad (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 24 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 28 babies were given the name, the 1023rd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Riyad is one spelling of a name also recorded as Riad; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Riyad you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Riyads born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 590 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 Riyad - on average, only one in every 514 such rooms contains a Riyad.

How many babies are named Riyad each year?

Includes all spellings: Riyad, Riad. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0102030200020201997: 31998: 81999: 142000: 192001: 132002: 132003: 152004: 132005: 212006: 192007: 202008: 282009: 272010: 242011: 162012: 292013: 232014: 192015: 252016: 352017: 222018: 232019: 182020: 232021: 312022: 212023: 162024: 152025: 28actual

Where does the Riyad spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 2,0741999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 9532001: ranked 1,1352002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,1322004: ranked 1,3472005: ranked 1,2462006: ranked 1,4012007: ranked 1,5782008: ranked 1,3432009: ranked 1,4252010: ranked 1,5512011: ranked 1,6882012: ranked 1,5072013: ranked 1,5392014: ranked 1,7212015: ranked 1,3802016: ranked 1,0502017: ranked 1,6272018: ranked 1,3242019: ranked 1,7452020: ranked 1,6352021: ranked 1,0232022: ranked 1,2682023: ranked 1,5332024: ranked 1,9522025: ranked 1,197

Where does the Riad spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 3,0362002: ranked 2,6362005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 1,8282009: ranked 1,8592010: ranked 2,1992011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 1,7562013: ranked 2,4032014: ranked 2,9642015: ranked 2,7072016: ranked 2,5562017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 3,4112020: ranked 2,2282021: ranked 4,7892024: ranked 5,1202025: ranked 4,275

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 Riyad per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 35 in 2016
Riyad: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Riyad most popular?

Riyad peaked in 2016, when 35 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Riyad?

At least 590 people named Riyad in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Riyad?

Most living Riyads are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 10.

Is Riyad becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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