Riku
A boys’ name of Japanese origin, meaning land or continent.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Riku by the numbers
Riku was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riku. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rikochild of truth or jasmine child4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Riku, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Riku
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