Rinoa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rih-NOH-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Rinoa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Rinoa mean?
Modern: invented name from the video game Final Fantasy VIII
Created for Rinoa Heartilly, the heroine of the 1999 video game Final Fantasy VIII.
Is Rinoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Rinoa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rinoa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rinoa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rinoa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Rinoa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Rinoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Rinoa, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Rinoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rinoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Rinoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva, Noa, Sienna, Nevaeh, Aria, Myla, Liyana, Isla, Orla, Imogen, Raya, Arabella
Names related to Rinoa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Rinoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rinoa, updated 20 October 2026.