# Rhianna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhianna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “basil”, “myrtle” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,774 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,774 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,183, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant spelling of Rihanna, from Arabic رَيْحَانَة (rayḥāna, singulative of رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “basil; myrtle”)). This spelling is possibly influenced by unrelated Welsh names such as Rhiannon.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 121 | 1,719 |
| 2012 | 71 | 2,560 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,967 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,312 |
| 2015 | 36 | 4,130 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,820 |
| 2017 | 27 | 5,025 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,689 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,957 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,160 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,883 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,168 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,875 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,522 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,501 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 583 |
| 2012 | 36 | 998 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Rhianna

- Rhianna Pratchett, English video game writer and journalist (born 1976)
- Rhianna Parris-Smith, British track cyclist
- Rhianna Ryan, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.