Riley

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 57% girls / 43% boys

Riley first appears in the U.S. data in 1923 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 7,159 babies (rank #22 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,644 girls (rank #42). The name has been declining over the last five years.
240,821
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
7,159
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19235#5,572
19296#4,483
19305#5,120
19376#4,174
19415#4,949
19425#5,233
19435#5,235
19476#5,175
19515#6,053
19527#4,834
19576#5,931
19656#6,354
19685#7,909
19737#7,241
19748#6,717
197511#5,417
19767#7,914
197710#6,224
197813#5,138
197916#4,566
198020#3,964
198125#3,409
198236#2,628
198337#2,506
198422#3,690
198564#1,779
198699#1,337
198788#1,482
1988124#1,216
1989169#1,016
1990238#826
1991286#727
1992424#556
1993553#453
1994756#350
1995969#287
19961,150#247
19971,669#184
19981,877#166
19992,312#138
20002,552#131
20013,044#106
20023,906#77
20034,243#72
20044,982#58
20055,127#54
20065,056#56
20075,212#52
20085,773#39
20095,636#38
20105,543#40
20115,043#47
20124,833#47
20134,941#45
20144,798#47
20155,738#35
20167,159#22
20176,366#25
20186,009#28
20195,710#30
20205,338#33
20215,219#37
20224,906#39
20234,637#43
20244,644#42