Riah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Riah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Riah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ria; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Ria. More on Wiktionary.
Is Riah a girl's or a boy's name?
Riah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Riah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Riah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. 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 Riah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Riah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Riah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Riah, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Riah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Riah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 637 girls in the US were given Riah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #495, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
Riah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Riah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Raya Ruqayyah Hafsa Rahma Nusaybah Hiba Sumayyah Summer
Other spellings of Riah
Names related to Riah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Riah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riah, updated 20 October 2026.