Riker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-ker
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Riker is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Riker mean?
Germanic: surname of German or Dutch origin
William Riker is the first officer of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Is Riker a girl's or a boy's name?
Riker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Riker, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 95 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Riker than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Riker in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,082 boys in the US were given Riker or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #191, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.
Riker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,120 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,953 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 80 | #1,902 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 74 | #1,980 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 95 | #1,663 |
| 2015 | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2014 | 76 | #1,906 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Riker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River Aarav Veer Vihaan Krishiv Avyaan Shivansh Atharv Viraj Reyansh Avi Karter
Other spellings of Riker
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Riker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riker, updated 20 October 2026.