Riann

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Riann by the numbers

Riann was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 76 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Riann

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riann. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ryannlittle king; feminine form of Ryan360 in the US (2017)
  • Riannefeminine form of ryan or blend of rhianne13 in the US (2017)
  • Rianna36 in the US (2017)
  • Riana16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Riane5 in the US (2017)
  • Riyann5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Riann

Names that are said the same way as Riann, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
  • Ryannelittle king; a form of Ryan65 in the US (2017)
  • Ryon20 in the US (2017)
  • Ryane18 in the US (2017)
  • Ryin11 in the US (2017)
  • Riyen6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Riann

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