# Riza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/riza/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | “satisfaction”, “fulfillment”, “to be pleased”, “to be satisfied” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹiː.zə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Reza, Raza |
| US babies named this | 96 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 96 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رِضَا (rizā), borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā), from رِضًا (riḍan, “satisfaction, fulfillment”), verbal noun of رَضِيَ (raḍiya, “to be pleased; to be satisfied”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 8,092 |
| 1978 | 5 | 11,033 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,476 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,715 |
| 1990 | 7 | 11,093 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,237 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,203 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,775 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,320 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,514 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,923 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,168 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,276 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,189 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,575 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |

## People named Riza

- Riza Durmisi, Danish footballer
- Riza Santos, Canadian actress
- Riza Zalameda, American tennis player
- Riza Halimi, Albanian politician

## 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.