How Many People Are Named Rian?
people named Rian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,558 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,118 babies named Rian in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
280 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Irish name (see RYAN).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rian in English. Counting Rian and these spellings together, about 956,737 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rian, 38.9% were girls and 61.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rian rose from 0% in the 1950s to 26.6% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 49%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rian alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rian first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 2021, to 280 babies. In 2025, 189 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #905, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,250. Among girls, its best rank was #1,487, in 2006.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,250 | #4,729 |
| Best rank | #905 (1979) | #1,487 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,331 in the 2010s | #1,838 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rian were born in California than in any other state: about 904 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rian was given 5.4 times as often in Oregon, 1.8 times in New York and 1.8 times in Washington.
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