Rianna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ree-AN-a
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Rianna is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Rianna mean?
Welsh: probably a spelling of Rhianna, from Rhiannon
Rhiannon is a figure in the medieval Welsh Mabinogion; her name probably comes from Celtic Rigantona, 'great queen'.
Is Rianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Rianna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rianna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 106 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rianna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rianna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 47 | #798 |
| 2007 | 91 | #479 |
| 2006 | 106 | #420 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 79 | #483 |
| 2003 | 96 | #413 |
| 2002 | 81 | #440 |
| 2001 | 46 | #635 |
| 2000 | 63 | #509 |
| 1999 | 59 | #541 |
| 1998 | 80 | #432 |
| 1997 | 90 | #408 |
| 1996 | 90 | #402 |
How popular is Rianna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Rianna, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 271 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more girls named Rianna than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Rianna in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 girls in the US were given Rianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,321, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
Rianna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,650 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 211 | #1,196 |
| 2006 | 251 | #1,018 |
| 2005 | 156 | #1,378 |
| 2004 | 132 | #1,519 |
| 2003 | 213 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 271 | #850 |
| 2001 | 215 | #996 |
| 2000 | 171 | #1,169 |
| 1999 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 111 | #1,518 |
| 1997 | 111 | #1,473 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,734 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,658 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
Names like Rianna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Keira Brianna Sienna Ffion Rhiannon Francesca Cassidy Riona Jessica Niamh Kiana
Other spellings of Rianna
Names related to Rianna
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Rianna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rianna, updated 20 October 2026.