Data through 2025

Riley name popularity in the United States

Riley ranked #48 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 4,441 girls named Riley.

Rank#48

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded4,441

SSA

Peak year2016

7,159 recorded

Five-year change-16.8%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Riley for boys and girls

Girls

4,441

72.7% in 2025 · data from 1923 to 2025

Boys

1,666

27.3% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025

Riley in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys1,666#207
2025girls4,441#48
2024boys1,573#229
2024girls4,657#42
2023boys1,632#223
2023girls4,643#43
2022boys1,600#225
2022girls4,914#39
2021boys1,452#245
2021girls5,225#37
2020boys1,368#257
2020girls5,339#33
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys1,666#207
2025girls4,441#48
2024boys1,573#229
2024girls4,657#42
2023boys1,632#223
2023girls4,643#43
2022boys1,600#225
2022girls4,914#39
2021boys1,452#245
2021girls5,225#37
2020boys1,368#257
2020girls5,339#33
2019boys1,374#263
2019girls5,712#30
2018boys1,470#250
2018girls6,010#28
2017boys1,471#252
2017girls6,368#25
2016boys1,728#224
2016girls7,159#22
2015boys2,094#194
2015girls5,739#35
2014boys2,448#174
2014girls4,800#47
2013boys2,559#157
2013girls4,941#45
2012boys2,890#133
2012girls4,833#47
2011boys3,462#111
2011girls5,045#47
2010boys3,649#105
2010girls5,543#40
2009boys3,791#107
2009girls5,637#38
2008boys4,132#106
2008girls5,774#39
2007boys3,973#109
2007girls5,212#52
2006boys4,396#101
2006girls5,056#56
2005boys4,110#106
2005girls5,127#54
2004boys4,110#106
2004girls4,982#58
2003boys4,077#104
2003girls4,243#72
2002boys3,959#99
2002girls3,906#77
2001boys3,653#105
2001girls3,044#106
2000boys3,421#109
2000girls2,552#131
1999boys2,970#127
1999girls2,312#138
1998boys3,013#128
1998girls1,877#166
1997boys2,833#135
1997girls1,669#184
1996boys2,393#146
1996girls1,150#246
1995boys1,919#170
1995girls969#287
1994boys1,588#194
1994girls756#349
1993boys1,379#218
1993girls553#453
1992boys1,067#266
1992girls424#555
1991boys865#297
1991girls286#726
1990boys814#311
1990girls238#822
1989boys675#342
1989girls169#1014
1988boys529#378
1988girls124#1210
1987boys476#398
1987girls88#1470
1986boys403#431
1986girls99#1327
1985boys334#473
1985girls64#1760
1984boys252#547
1984girls22#3613
1983boys225#562
1983girls36#2516
1982boys198#611
1982girls35#2645
1981boys180#635
1981girls25#3340
1980boys164#678
1980girls18#4148
1979boys162#671
1979girls16#4420
1978boys166#651
1978girls13#4931
1977boys116#793
1977girls10#5888
1976boys106#809
1976girls7#7296
1975boys106#808
1975girls11#5161
1974boys85#867
1974girls8#6258
1973boys90#839
1973girls7#6666
1972boys85#873
1971boys96#822
1970boys78#905
1969boys79#861
1968boys94#765
1968girls5#7016
1967boys73#836
1966boys93#757
1965boys73#859
1965girls6#5817
1964boys106#747
1963boys99#766
1962boys112#725
1961boys102#762
1960boys107#745
1959boys113#721
1958boys115#699
1957boys141#648
1957girls6#5377
1956boys134#655
1955boys130#648
1954boys166#573
1953boys164#551
1952boys163#546
1952girls7#4483
1951boys146#566
1951girls5#5414
1950boys152#548
1949boys170#510
1948boys179#492
1947boys186#495
1947girls6#4764
1946boys166#501
1945boys139#507
1944boys171#467
1943boys171#473
1943girls5#4691
1942boys157#492
1942girls5#4622
1941boys174#446
1941girls5#4420
1940boys150#471
1939boys139#488
1938boys141#487
1937boys139#481
1937girls6#3800
1936boys156#450
1935boys156#456
1934boys156#450
1933boys153#448
1932boys131#501
1931boys137#491
1930boys162#466
1930girls5#4550
1929boys163#461
1929girls6#4053
1928boys168#471
1927boys162#478
1926boys179#453
1925boys165#467
1924boys168#478
1923boys174#465
1923girls5#4967
1922boys163#482
1921boys160#489
1920boys166#472
1919boys194#421
1918boys174#450
1917boys139#488
1916boys166#436
1915boys142#461
1914boys101#483
1913boys97#432
1912boys87#418
1911boys47#420
1910boys63#311
1909boys49#330
1908boys42#349
1907boys40#341
1906boys37#342
1905boys34#355
1904boys32#354
1903boys29#357
1902boys37#317
1901boys30#325
1900boys53#284
1899boys35#294
1898boys39#298
1897boys44#263
1896boys39#296
1895boys49#257
1894boys38#285
1893boys36#287
1892boys39#292
1891boys28#318
1890boys39#275
1889boys44#244
1888boys37#289
1887boys46#239
1886boys39#272
1885boys58#209
1884boys47#251
1883boys45#237
1882boys54#222
1881boys47#222
1880boys41#262

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Riley’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change-22.6%
Change since peak-38.0%