# Rie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rie/  
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 | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 84 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 84 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

* Japanese りえ (Rie), a given name with numerous possible original kanji. * Danish Rie * Dutch Rie

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 10,478 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,817 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,853 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13,377 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,570 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,721 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,579 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,491 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,199 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,795 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,210 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,418 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,245 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,026 |

## People named Rie

- Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (1919–2003)
- Rie Rasmussen, Danish actor and director
- Rie Cramer, Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature (1887-1977)

## 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.