How rare is the name Rian?

7,238 people in the United States have the first name Rian, about 1 in 41,729. It ranks #3,059 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RIAN

#3,059

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,238
About
1 in 41,729
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,238 people named Rian, 60.4% reported their origin as White, 14.8% as Black and 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 59.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rian peaked in 2021, when 280 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
280
In 2025*
189 ▼32%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 9,118 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,937. The largest share of babies named Rian, 35.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#11,6537
1950s#5,749103
1960s#5,316142
1970s#2,408692
1980s#2,0941,074
1990s#2,2861,274
2000s#1,9372,182
2010s#2,0122,273
2020s#2,0421,371
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–809.5%
Millennials 1981–9619.6%
Generation Z 1997–1235.5%
2013 and later33.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rian has been most common in Oregon (6.3×), Washington (2.2×), and California (2.2×), and least common in North Carolina (0.26×).

4,107 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rian

#3,057 Kinsey · 7,241#3,058 Bodhi · 7,239#3,060 Cortez · 7,237#3,061 Essie · 7,235

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rian, most common first.

#7,132 Riana · 2,165#9,454 Rion · 1,468#11,309 Riyan · 1,142#14,807 Rin · 789#16,658 Riann · 673#18,554 Riane · 580#33,571 Rien · 246

Also a last name

As a last name, Rian ranks #68,029 of 156,621, with 312 people. See Rian as a last name

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