Rilyn

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 89.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 100 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,279
since 1999

Rilyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #1,955, 2012peak #4,686, 2012girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,46031#10,6956
2024#4,20734
2023#3,76340#9,7637
2022#3,07353#10,8636
2021#2,95856
2020#3,17949#12,0225
2019#3,45145#9,7567
2018#3,15851#10,7606
2017#2,50871#8,8408
2016#2,28783#7,60510
2015#2,38277#5,74615
2014#2,61567#9,6427
2013#2,45873
2012#1,955100#4,68620
2011#2,05894#5,67515
2010#2,69166#6,69812
2009#2,89260#7,69210
2008#3,71043
2007#3,48247#9,7887
2006#3,79540#8,7328
2005#4,11834#10,1516
2004#6,21619
2003#9,04811
2002#7,44414
2001#10,1029
2000#11,8017
1999#14,4115
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five girls were named Rilyn! It came in at #14,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Rilyn is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,400 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,257 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,253 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,646 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 27,965 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedHITexas: #2,812 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 26,645 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#1,303 · 1 in 8,253
  2. Illinois#1,400 · 1 in 9,257
  3. California#2,646 · 1 in 27,965
  4. Texas#2,812 · 1 in 26,645

Best ever in a state: #329 in West Virginia, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#1,30351 in 8,253
Illinois#1,40061 in 9,257
California#2,64671 in 27,965
Texas#2,81261 in 26,645
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rilyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 253 spots since 2024 (#4,207#4,460)
  • 1,281 spots since 2020 (#3,179#4,460)
  • 2,078 spots since 2015 (#2,382#4,460)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,955 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,611
  • Highest: 1 in 17,611 girls born in 2012 were named Rilyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 56.8% of all girls named Rilyn (727) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s5#14,411 (1999)#14,411
2000s284#2,892 (2009)#6,261
2010s727#1,955 (2012)#2,556
2020s263#2,958 (2021)#3,607

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.

Rilyn in 2017

girls
#2,508
71 births · 1 in 24,316 girls
boys
#8,840
8 births · 1 in 231,370 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #2,508Rilyn71

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #8,840Rilyn8
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 24,316 of them was named Rilyn, which outranked 86.4% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rilyn
  1. #2,487Rocio72
  2. #2,487Triniti72
  3. #2,487Yocheved72
  4. #2,508Rilyn71
  5. #2,508Abigayle71
  6. #2,508Aizah71
  7. #2,508Allegra71
  8. #2,530Annalie70
  9. #2,530Catarina70
  10. #2,530Jacie70

Tied with 21 names at #2,508; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 231,370 of them was named Rilyn, which outranked 38.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rilyn
  1. #8,140Zorian9
  2. #8,140Zubayr9
  3. #8,140Zyren9
  4. #8,840Rilyn8
  5. #8,840Aadan8
  6. #8,840Aamari8
  7. #8,840Aarit8
  8. #9,696Aadesh7
  9. #9,696Aadin7
  10. #9,696Aadish7

Tied with 855 names at #8,840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017