Meaning not yet researched.
Riley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,441 in 2025. Its best rank was #22 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #22 in 2016; #48 in 2025. About 73% of babies named Riley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#48 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #22.
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Riley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,441 girls in 2025. Peak: #22 in 2016 · most girls in one year: 7,159 (2016).
In 2025, 4,441 US girls were named Riley, making it the 48th most common girls’ name of the year, down 6 places from #42 in 2024. That is 216 fewer than the 4,657 girls named Riley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #22, reached in 2016. That year also had the most girls given the name: 7,159. For comparison, it was #35 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 1,666 US boys were named Riley, making it the 208th most common boys’ name of the year, up 21 places from #229 in 2024. That is 93 more than the 1,573 boys named Riley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #99, reached in 2002. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,396, in 2006. For comparison, it was #194 in 2015 and #548 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Riley in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 41 babies with the name. In all, 246,985 US babies have been given the name, 57% of them girls and 43% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 85,155 babies named Riley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 54,468 US girls were named Riley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 7,159. In 2025 that was about 1 in 362 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Riley ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #22 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 45 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Rilee (3,742 babies since 1880), Rylee (74,557 babies since 1880), Reilly (10,088 babies since 1880) and Ryley (7,197 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Reily, Rielly and Riely are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Reily (902), Rielly (459), Riely (359), Rieley (314), Reilley (287), Rilie (252), Rilley (141), Rilei (81), Rilea (80), Rily (79), Rilya (61), Riylee (60), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Riley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 231 | #22 | #24 |
| Rhode Island | 22 | #24 | #27 |
| Connecticut | 73 | #25 | #21 |
| Kentucky | 94 | #27 | #37 |
| Oregon | 68 | #27 | #48 |
| Louisiana | 75 | #28 | #30 |
| Virginia | 157 | #30 | #35 |
| Georgia | 173 | #31 | #29 |
| New Hampshire | 29 | #31 | #24 |
| Delaware | 16 | #32 | #21 |
| Alabama | 79 | #33 | #36 |
| Colorado | 102 | #33 | #45 |
| Tennessee | 130 | #35 | #32 |
| Ohio | 183 | #37 | #30 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | #39 | #57 |
| New Mexico | 24 | #40 | #99 |
| Hawaii | 13 | #40 | #20 |
| Michigan | 139 | #41 | #31 |
| Massachusetts | 110 | #42 | #38 |
| North Carolina | 173 | #45 | #25 |
| Maryland | 73 | #45 | #24 |
| Missouri | 86 | #45 | #40 |
| Mississippi | 35 | #46 | #41 |
| Wisconsin | 80 | #47 | #49 |
| New York | 257 | #48 | #31 |
| Arkansas | 42 | #48 | #33 |
| South Carolina | 71 | #48 | #34 |
| New Jersey | 144 | #48 | #30 |
| Florida | 261 | #53 | #35 |
| Washington | 95 | #54 | #54 |
| Nevada | 33 | #56 | #34 |
| Kansas | 44 | #56 | #48 |
| Illinois | 132 | #58 | #51 |
| Minnesota | 73 | #59 | #90 |
| West Virginia | 21 | #60 | #38 |
| Alaska | 9 | #68 | #20 |
| Montana | 13 | #68 | #56 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #70 | #110 |
| Texas | 357 | #70 | #49 |
| California | 378 | #72 | #51 |
| Arizona | 76 | #74 | #56 |
| Maine | 13 | #78 | #75 |
| Idaho | 25 | #78 | #76 |
| Indiana | 71 | #86 | #48 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | #97 | #63 |
| Iowa | 28 | #115 | #55 |
| Nebraska | 19 | #117 | #88 |
| Utah | 32 | #145 | #80 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #155 | #94 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,441 | #48 | 1,666 | #208 |
| 2024 | 4,657 | #42 | 1,573 | #229 |
| 2023 | 4,643 | #43 | 1,632 | #223 |
| 2022 | 4,914 | #39 | 1,600 | #225 |
| 2021 | 5,225 | #37 | 1,452 | #245 |
| 2020 | 5,339 | #33 | 1,368 | #257 |
| 2019 | 5,712 | #30 | 1,374 | #263 |
| 2018 | 6,010 | #28 | 1,470 | #250 |
| 2017 | 6,368 | #25 | 1,471 | #252 |
| 2016 | 7,159 | #22 | 1,728 | #224 |
| 2015 | 5,739 | #35 | 2,094 | #194 |
| 2014 | 4,800 | #47 | 2,448 | #174 |
| 2013 | 4,941 | #45 | 2,559 | #158 |
| 2012 | 4,833 | #47 | 2,890 | #133 |
| 2011 | 5,045 | #47 | 3,462 | #111 |
| 2010 | 5,543 | #40 | 3,649 | #105 |
| 2009 | 5,637 | #38 | 3,791 | #107 |
| 2008 | 5,774 | #39 | 4,132 | #106 |
| 2007 | 5,212 | #52 | 3,973 | #109 |
| 2006 | 5,056 | #56 | 4,396 | #101 |
| 2005 | 5,127 | #54 | 4,110 | #106 |
| 2004 | 4,982 | #58 | 4,110 | #106 |
| 2003 | 4,243 | #72 | 4,077 | #104 |
| 2002 | 3,906 | #77 | 3,959 | #99 |
| 2001 | 3,044 | #106 | 3,653 | #105 |
| 2000 | 2,552 | #131 | 3,421 | #109 |
| 1999 | 2,312 | #138 | 2,970 | #127 |
| 1998 | 1,877 | #166 | 3,013 | #128 |
| 1997 | 1,669 | #184 | 2,833 | #135 |
| 1996 | 1,150 | #247 | 2,393 | #146 |
| 1995 | 969 | #287 | 1,919 | #170 |
| 1994 | 756 | #350 | 1,588 | #194 |
| 1993 | 553 | #453 | 1,379 | #218 |
| 1992 | 424 | #556 | 1,067 | #267 |
| 1991 | 286 | #727 | 865 | #297 |
| 1990 | 238 | #826 | 814 | #311 |
| 1989 | 169 | #1,016 | 675 | #342 |
| 1988 | 124 | #1,216 | 529 | #378 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,482 | 476 | #399 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,337 | 403 | #431 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,779 | 334 | #473 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,690 | 252 | #549 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,542 | 225 | #563 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,686 | 198 | #613 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,409 | 180 | #635 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,271 | 164 | #678 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,566 | 162 | #671 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,137 | 166 | #653 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,224 | 116 | #795 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,913 | 106 | #814 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,418 | 106 | #809 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,717 | 85 | #877 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,241 | 90 | #841 |
| 1972 | — | — | 85 | #876 |
| 1971 | — | — | 96 | #827 |
| 1970 | — | — | 78 | #908 |
| 1969 | — | — | 79 | #867 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,909 | 94 | #769 |
| 1967 | — | — | 73 | #841 |
| 1966 | — | — | 93 | #761 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,354 | 73 | #864 |
| 1964 | — | — | 106 | #748 |
| 1963 | — | — | 99 | #770 |
| 1962 | — | — | 112 | #727 |
| 1961 | — | — | 102 | #767 |
| 1960 | — | — | 107 | #747 |
| 1959 | — | — | 113 | #721 |
| 1958 | — | — | 115 | #700 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,931 | 141 | #648 |
| 1956 | — | — | 134 | #656 |
| 1955 | — | — | 130 | #649 |
| 1954 | — | — | 166 | #574 |
| 1953 | — | — | 164 | #553 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,833 | 163 | #547 |
| 1951 | 5 | #6,053 | 146 | #570 |
| 1950 | — | — | 152 | #548 |
| 1949 | — | — | 170 | #511 |
| 1948 | — | — | 179 | #494 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,175 | 186 | #495 |
| 1946 | — | — | 166 | #503 |
| 1945 | — | — | 139 | #509 |
| 1944 | — | — | 171 | #467 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,234 | 171 | #474 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,234 | 157 | #493 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,948 | 174 | #446 |
| 1940 | — | — | 150 | #474 |
| 1939 | — | — | 139 | #490 |
| 1938 | — | — | 141 | #491 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,174 | 139 | #483 |
| 1936 | — | — | 156 | #452 |
| 1935 | — | — | 156 | #457 |
| 1934 | — | — | 156 | #450 |
| 1933 | — | — | 153 | #448 |
| 1932 | — | — | 131 | #503 |
| 1931 | — | — | 137 | #492 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,120 | 162 | #467 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,483 | 163 | #461 |
| 1928 | — | — | 168 | #471 |
| 1927 | — | — | 162 | #478 |
| 1926 | — | — | 179 | #453 |
| 1925 | — | — | 165 | #471 |
| 1924 | — | — | 168 | #478 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,572 | 174 | #467 |
| 1922 | — | — | 163 | #482 |
| 1921 | — | — | 160 | #491 |
| 1920 | — | — | 166 | #473 |
| 1919 | — | — | 194 | #421 |
| 1918 | — | — | 174 | #450 |
| 1917 | — | — | 139 | #489 |
| 1916 | — | — | 166 | #436 |
| 1915 | — | — | 142 | #461 |
| 1914 | — | — | 101 | #486 |
| 1913 | — | — | 97 | #433 |
| 1912 | — | — | 87 | #419 |
| 1911 | — | — | 47 | #424 |
| 1910 | — | — | 63 | #315 |
| 1909 | — | — | 49 | #332 |
| 1908 | — | — | 42 | #353 |
| 1907 | — | — | 40 | #348 |
| 1906 | — | — | 37 | #344 |
| 1905 | — | — | 34 | #357 |
| 1904 | — | — | 32 | #356 |
| 1903 | — | — | 29 | #359 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #325 |
| 1901 | — | — | 30 | #332 |
| 1900 | — | — | 53 | #286 |
| 1899 | — | — | 35 | #299 |
| 1898 | — | — | 39 | #305 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #268 |
| 1896 | — | — | 39 | #300 |
| 1895 | — | — | 49 | #259 |
| 1894 | — | — | 38 | #288 |
| 1893 | — | — | 36 | #289 |
| 1892 | — | — | 39 | #297 |
| 1891 | — | — | 28 | #322 |
| 1890 | — | — | 39 | #277 |
| 1889 | — | — | 44 | #248 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #296 |
| 1887 | — | — | 46 | #240 |
| 1886 | — | — | 39 | #274 |
| 1885 | — | — | 58 | #210 |
| 1884 | — | — | 47 | #253 |
| 1883 | — | — | 45 | #238 |
| 1882 | — | — | 54 | #224 |
| 1881 | — | — | 47 | #222 |
| 1880 | — | — | 41 | #265 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).