Riad
Boy · ree-AHD · Arabic
Riad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gardens, meadows”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Riad mean?
Arabic: Arabic riyad
“gardens, meadows”
Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, takes its name from the same Arabic word for gardens.
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Is Riad a girl's or a boy's name?
Riad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Riad, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Riad than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Riad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Riad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Riad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Riad in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Riad
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