Riona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-a-na
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,217 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Riona is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “queenly”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Riona mean?
Irish: short form of Ríonach
“queenly”
A short form of the Irish name Ríonach, from the Irish word for queen.
Is Riona a girl's or a boy's name?
Riona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,217th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Riona, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th.
2025 had the most girls named Riona of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Riona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales and 154th in Northern Ireland.
Riona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Riona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Riona, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more girls named Riona than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Riona in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Names like Riona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Orla, Caoimhe, Brianna, Cassidy, Sienna, Rowan, Maeva, Cliodhna, Aoife, Aoibheann
Names related to Riona
Reina, Raina, Riana, Rina, Rona, Ronya, Rhona, Rinoa, Rin, Rion
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
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, “Riona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riona, updated 20 October 2026.