Ria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #801 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Ria is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 801st for girls in the UK (49 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Ria mean?
Hebrew: short form of Maria; also of names like Victoria
A short form of Maria, long used on its own in German and Dutch; it is also a spelling of the Indian name Riya.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ria a girl's or a boy's name?
Ria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ria in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 801st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were named Ria, making it the 801st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 264 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 260 girls in the UK were given Ria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #801 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales and 161st in Northern Ireland.
Ria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #801 |
| 2024 | 46 | #856 |
| 2023 | 69 | #601 |
| 2022 | 61 | #668 |
| 2021 | 74 | #584 |
| 2020 | 57 | #707 |
| 2019 | 83 | #538 |
| 2018 | 84 | #553 |
| 2017 | 90 | #523 |
| 2016 | 109 | #448 |
| 2015 | 113 | #434 |
| 2014 | 117 | #420 |
| 2013 | 158 | #327 |
| 2012 | 168 | #316 |
| 2011 | 177 | #308 |
| 2010 | 187 | #286 |
| 2009 | 195 | #271 |
| 2008 | 170 | #309 |
| 2007 | 208 | #265 |
| 2006 | 229 | #233 |
| 2005 | 262 | #204 |
| 2004 | 264 | #203 |
| 2003 | 224 | #232 |
| 2002 | 185 | #250 |
| 2001 | 178 | #258 |
| 2000 | 147 | #287 |
| 1999 | 163 | #272 |
| 1998 | 137 | #300 |
| 1997 | 130 | #313 |
| 1996 | 123 | #321 |
How popular is Ria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,326th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Ria, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 202 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
Half of all the girls named Ria in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 637 girls in the US were given Ria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #495, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
Ria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,491 |
| 2023 | 95 | #2,050 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 111 | #1,823 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,677 |
| 2007 | 147 | #1,551 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 202 | #1,149 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,179 |
| 2003 | 174 | #1,217 |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,424 |
| 2001 | 125 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
Names like Ria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Victoria, Ava, Aria, Talia, Raya, Zofia, Lucia, Sophia, Jessica, Gia, Coco
Other spellings of Ria
Names related to Ria
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ria, updated 20 October 2026.