# Riya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/riya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,273 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,273 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,103, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 265 | 969 |
| 2012 | 255 | 992 |
| 2013 | 247 | 1,013 |
| 2014 | 276 | 969 |
| 2015 | 228 | 1,122 |
| 2016 | 274 | 978 |
| 2017 | 262 | 992 |
| 2018 | 235 | 1,080 |
| 2019 | 194 | 1,208 |
| 2020 | 176 | 1,274 |
| 2021 | 211 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 217 | 1,131 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,104 |
| 2024 | 182 | 1,277 |
| 2025 | 137 | 1,546 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 432 |
| 2012 | 107 | 430 |
| 2013 | 79 | 528 |
| 2014 | 83 | 508 |
| 2015 | 74 | 577 |
| 2016 | 86 | 503 |
| 2017 | 64 | 648 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 65 | 609 |
| 2020 | 64 | 604 |
| 2021 | 58 | 667 |
| 2022 | 64 | 596 |
| 2023 | 43 | 832 |
| 2024 | 56 | 676 |
| 2025 | 48 | 763 |

## 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.