Riley
#48 for girls in 2025, 4,441 births · #207 for boys in 2025, 1,666 births
Given to girls 57.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 7,159 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 141,960since 1923
Riley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #48 | 4,441 | #207 | 1,666 |
| 2024 | #42 | 4,657 | #229 | 1,573 |
| 2023 | #43 | 4,643 | #223 | 1,632 |
| 2022 | #39 | 4,914 | #225 | 1,600 |
| 2021 | #37 | 5,225 | #245 | 1,452 |
| 2020 | #33 | 5,339 | #257 | 1,368 |
| 2019 | #30 | 5,712 | #263 | 1,374 |
| 2018 | #28 | 6,010 | #250 | 1,470 |
| 2017 | #25 | 6,368 | #252 | 1,471 |
| 2016 | #22 | 7,159 | #224 | 1,728 |
| 2015 | #35 | 5,739 | #194 | 2,094 |
| 2014 | #47 | 4,800 | #174 | 2,448 |
| 2013 | #45 | 4,941 | #157 | 2,559 |
| 2012 | #47 | 4,833 | #133 | 2,890 |
| 2011 | #47 | 5,045 | #111 | 3,462 |
| 2010 | #40 | 5,543 | #105 | 3,649 |
| 2009 | #38 | 5,637 | #107 | 3,791 |
| 2008 | #39 | 5,774 | #106 | 4,132 |
| 2007 | #52 | 5,212 | #109 | 3,973 |
| 2006 | #56 | 5,056 | #101 | 4,396 |
| 2005 | #54 | 5,127 | #106 | 4,110 |
| 2004 | #58 | 4,982 | #106 | 4,110 |
| 2003 | #72 | 4,243 | #104 | 4,077 |
| 2002 | #77 | 3,906 | #99 | 3,959 |
| 2001 | #106 | 3,044 | #105 | 3,653 |
| 2000 | #131 | 2,552 | #109 | 3,421 |
| 1999 | #138 | 2,312 | #127 | 2,970 |
| 1998 | #166 | 1,877 | #128 | 3,013 |
| 1997 | #184 | 1,669 | #135 | 2,833 |
| 1996 | #246 | 1,150 | #146 | 2,393 |
| 1995 | #287 | 969 | #170 | 1,919 |
| 1994 | #349 | 756 | #194 | 1,588 |
| 1993 | #453 | 553 | #218 | 1,379 |
| 1992 | #555 | 424 | #266 | 1,067 |
| 1991 | #726 | 286 | #297 | 865 |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 | #311 | 814 |
| 1989 | #1,014 | 169 | #342 | 675 |
| 1988 | #1,210 | 124 | #378 | 529 |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | #398 | 476 |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | #431 | 403 |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | #473 | 334 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #547 | 252 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 | #562 | 225 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #611 | 198 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #635 | 180 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #678 | 164 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #671 | 162 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #651 | 166 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #793 | 116 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #809 | 106 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #808 | 106 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #839 | 90 |
| 1972 | — | #873 | 85 | |
| 1971 | — | #822 | 96 | |
| 1970 | — | #905 | 78 | |
| 1969 | — | #861 | 79 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #765 | 94 |
| 1967 | — | #836 | 73 | |
| 1966 | — | #757 | 93 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #859 | 73 |
| 1964 | — | #747 | 106 | |
| 1963 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1962 | — | #725 | 112 | |
| 1961 | — | #762 | 102 | |
| 1960 | — | #745 | 107 | |
| 1959 | — | #721 | 113 | |
| 1958 | — | #699 | 115 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #648 | 141 |
| 1956 | — | #655 | 134 | |
| 1955 | — | #648 | 130 | |
| 1954 | — | #573 | 166 | |
| 1953 | — | #551 | 164 | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #546 | 163 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #566 | 146 |
| 1950 | — | #548 | 152 | |
| 1949 | — | #510 | 170 | |
| 1948 | — | #492 | 179 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #495 | 186 |
| 1946 | — | #501 | 166 | |
| 1945 | — | #507 | 139 | |
| 1944 | — | #467 | 171 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #473 | 171 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #492 | 157 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #446 | 174 |
| 1940 | — | #471 | 150 | |
| 1939 | — | #488 | 139 | |
| 1938 | — | #487 | 141 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #481 | 139 |
| 1936 | — | #450 | 156 | |
| 1935 | — | #456 | 156 | |
| 1934 | — | #450 | 156 | |
| 1933 | — | #448 | 153 | |
| 1932 | — | #501 | 131 | |
| 1931 | — | #491 | 137 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #466 | 162 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #461 | 163 |
| 1928 | — | #471 | 168 | |
| 1927 | — | #478 | 162 | |
| 1926 | — | #453 | 179 | |
| 1925 | — | #467 | 165 | |
| 1924 | — | #478 | 168 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #465 | 174 |
| 1922 | — | #482 | 163 | |
| 1921 | — | #489 | 160 | |
| 1920 | — | #472 | 166 | |
| 1919 | — | #421 | 194 | |
| 1918 | — | #450 | 174 | |
| 1917 | — | #488 | 139 | |
| 1916 | — | #436 | 166 | |
| 1915 | — | #461 | 142 | |
| 1914 | — | #483 | 101 | |
| 1913 | — | #432 | 97 | |
| 1912 | — | #418 | 87 | |
| 1911 | — | #420 | 47 | |
| 1910 | — | #311 | 63 | |
| 1909 | — | #330 | 49 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #342 | 37 | |
| 1905 | — | #355 | 34 | |
| 1904 | — | #354 | 32 | |
| 1903 | — | #357 | 29 | |
| 1902 | — | #317 | 37 | |
| 1901 | — | #325 | 30 | |
| 1900 | — | #284 | 53 | |
| 1899 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1898 | — | #298 | 39 | |
| 1897 | — | #263 | 44 | |
| 1896 | — | #296 | 39 | |
| 1895 | — | #257 | 49 | |
| 1894 | — | #285 | 38 | |
| 1893 | — | #287 | 36 | |
| 1892 | — | #292 | 39 | |
| 1891 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1890 | — | #275 | 39 | |
| 1889 | — | #244 | 44 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #239 | 46 | |
| 1886 | — | #272 | 39 | |
| 1885 | — | #209 | 58 | |
| 1884 | — | #251 | 47 | |
| 1883 | — | #237 | 45 | |
| 1882 | — | #222 | 54 | |
| 1881 | — | #222 | 47 | |
| 1880 | — | #262 | 41 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Riley! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Riley
- 6 spots since 2024 (#42 → #48)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#33 → #48)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#35 → #48)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1990 (#1,014 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 7 spots in 2011 (#40 → #47)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 2016 at #22 (7,159 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Highest: 1 in 248 girls born in 2016 were named Riley (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 362 girls born in 2025 (0.28%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Riley (56,150) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,510 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,800 (1937) | #4,175 |
| 1940s | 21 | #4,420 (1941) | #4,624 |
| 1950s | 18 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,091 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,417 |
| 1970s | 72 | #4,420 (1979) | #5,803 |
| 1980s | 680 | #1,014 (1989) | #2,304 |
| 1990s | 10,234 | #138 (1999) | #393 |
| 2000s | 45,533 | #38 (2009) | #68 |
| 2010s | 56,150 | #22 (2016) | #37 |
| 2020s | 29,219 | #33 (2020) | #40 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Riley in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 48,381 of them was named Riley, which outranked 78.6% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,581Vikki36
- #2,581Zakiyyah36
- #2,581Zoraida36
- #2,645Riley35
- #2,645Angelle35
- #2,645Annalee35
- #2,645Brande35
- #2,704Acacia34
- #2,704Allie34
- #2,704Anel34
Tied with 58 names at #2,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 9,164 of them was named Riley, which outranked 91.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #605Waylon200
- #609Bennie199
- #609Morris199
- #611Riley198
- #611Agustin198
- #611Issac198
- #611Rodrick198
- #616Brant197
- #616Jeromy197
- #616Matt197
Tied with 4 names at #611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.