first name
RIHANNA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,637 people named Rihanna, 40.5% reported their origin as Black, 34.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rihanna peaked in 2008, when 1,080 babies got the name.
At least 6,617 babies have been given the name since 2000. 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.
Rihanna by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,420. The largest share of babies named Rihanna, 68.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Rihanna is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rihanna has been most common in Florida (3.1×), Texas (1.8×), and Arizona (1.6×), and least common in Minnesota (0.38×).
5,620 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.
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2 other first names also have 4,637 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rihanna, most common first.
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