Rie
given name · Japanese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Rie is a given name, most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is the 49th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Japanese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Marie.
- JPJapan1 in 984◐
- USUnited States1 in 267K
- DKDenmark1 in 4.1K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.9K ●
- Sources
- 144 ●
- 1 in 4.1K ◐
across 8 countries
69K records
Reference-verified
Denmark
Meaning & origin●
a diminutive of the female given name Marie
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #49 | 73,389 | 65K rec. | — | — | Rie | 137 |
| DK Denmark | — | 1,439 | — | 1 in 4.1K | 1.4K | — | — |
| US United States | — | 1,247 | 3.3K rec. | 1 in 267K | 1.2K | Rie | 144 |
| PH Philippines | — | 180 | 108 rec. | — | — | Rie | 19 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 158 | 134 rec. | — | listed | Rie | 31 |
| CA Canada | — | 135 | 136 rec. | — | — | Rie | 22 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 113△ | 38 rec. | 1 in 153K | 113 | Rie | 10 |
| SG Singapore | — | 90 | 82 rec. | — | — | Rie | 19 |
| BR Brazil | — | 59 | — | 1 in 3.6M | 97 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 41△ | 5 rec. | 1 in 249K | 41 | — | 3 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 33 | 18 rec. | — | — | Rie | 12 |
| ES Spain | — | 32△ | 9 rec. | 1 in 1.6M | 32 | — | 8 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Japanese77K77%
- English7.7K8%
- Danish6.3K6%
- French1.8K2%
- Spanish1.3K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 77,380 | 77% |
| English | 7,666 | 8% |
| Danish | 6,344 | 6% |
| French | 1,833 | 2% |
| Spanish | 1,257 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Rie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of りえ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Obsolete form of rye.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
‘Valued blessing’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In cdo, the drip of a water clock at night the night hours. W AGA KX ignorant presumption
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, dangerous, (hiéng') dangerous, perilous, full of risk, as in placing things
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 19 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 22 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 22 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 28 |
| 2013 | 28 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 25 |
| 2020 | 25 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Rie Mastenbroekb. 1919NLDutch swimmer (1919–2003)
- Rie Kitaharab. 1958JPJapanese actor and novelist
- Rie Takadab. 1970JPManga artist
- Rie Miyazawab. 1973JPJapanese actress
- Rie Rasmussenb. 1976DKDanish actor and director
- Rie Tomosakab. 1979JPJapanese actress
- Rie Tanakab. 1979JPJapanese voice actress (born 1979)
- Rie Kitaharab. 1991JPJapanese singer, actress (1991-)
- Rie Takahashib. 1994JPJapanese voice actress
- Rie Kanekob. 1997JPJapanese idol
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 87 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Rie?
- We estimate roughly 2.9 thousand people bear Rie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Rie have the most bearers?
- Rie is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled rie.
- How common is Rie compared with other names?
- In Japan, Rie is the 49th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.
- Is Rie a male or female name?
- Rie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Rie mean?
- Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Marie
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rie” — the 49th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.