Is Riley a boy or girl name?
Riley is used for both, more often for girls in the US. In 2024, 4,644 girls and 1,567 boys were named Riley, so 74.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 57.1% of the 240,821 US babies named Riley were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #229
- Girl rank, 2024
- #42
- Babies named Riley since 1880
- 240,821
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 9,904 babies
Boys and girls named Riley, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 386 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 383 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,210 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 1,668 | 11 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 1,470 | 11 | 0.7% |
| 1940s | 1,663 | 21 | 1.2% |
| 1950s | 1,424 | 18 | 1.2% |
| 1960s | 938 | 11 | 1.2% |
| 1970s | 1,092 | 72 | 6.2% |
| 1980s | 3,437 | 684 | 16.6% |
| 1990s | 18,840 | 10,234 | 35.2% |
| 2000s | 39,621 | 45,531 | 53.5% |
| 2010s | 23,141 | 56,140 | 70.8% |
| 2020s | 7,613 | 24,744 | 76.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,567 | #229 | 4,644 | #42 |
| 2023 | 1,631 | #223 | 4,637 | #43 |
| 2022 | 1,599 | #226 | 4,906 | #39 |
| 2021 | 1,448 | #246 | 5,219 | #37 |
| 2020 | 1,368 | #257 | 5,338 | #33 |
| 2019 | 1,373 | #263 | 5,710 | #30 |
| 2018 | 1,470 | #250 | 6,009 | #28 |
| 2017 | 1,471 | #252 | 6,366 | #25 |
| 2016 | 1,728 | #224 | 7,159 | #22 |
| 2015 | 2,093 | #195 | 5,738 | #35 |
| 2014 | 2,446 | #174 | 4,798 | #47 |
| 2013 | 2,559 | #158 | 4,941 | #45 |
| 2012 | 2,890 | #133 | 4,833 | #47 |
| 2011 | 3,462 | #111 | 5,043 | #47 |
| 2010 | 3,649 | #105 | 5,543 | #40 |
| 2009 | 3,791 | #107 | 5,636 | #38 |
| 2008 | 4,131 | #106 | 5,773 | #39 |
| 2007 | 3,973 | #109 | 5,212 | #52 |
| 2006 | 4,396 | #101 | 5,056 | #56 |
| 2005 | 4,110 | #106 | 5,127 | #54 |
| 2004 | 4,110 | #106 | 4,982 | #58 |
| 2003 | 4,077 | #104 | 4,243 | #72 |
| 2002 | 3,959 | #99 | 3,906 | #77 |
| 2001 | 3,653 | #105 | 3,044 | #106 |
| 2000 | 3,421 | #109 | 2,552 | #131 |
| 1999 | 2,970 | #127 | 2,312 | #138 |
| 1998 | 3,013 | #128 | 1,877 | #166 |
| 1997 | 2,833 | #135 | 1,669 | #184 |
| 1996 | 2,393 | #146 | 1,150 | #247 |
| 1995 | 1,919 | #170 | 969 | #287 |
| 1994 | 1,588 | #194 | 756 | #350 |
| 1993 | 1,378 | #218 | 553 | #453 |
| 1992 | 1,067 | #267 | 424 | #556 |
| 1991 | 865 | #297 | 286 | #727 |
| 1990 | 814 | #311 | 238 | #826 |
| 1989 | 675 | #342 | 169 | #1,016 |
| 1988 | 529 | #378 | 124 | #1,216 |
| 1987 | 476 | #399 | 88 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 403 | #431 | 99 | #1,337 |
| 1985 | 334 | #473 | 64 | #1,779 |
| 1984 | 252 | #549 | 22 | #3,690 |
| 1983 | 225 | #563 | 37 | #2,506 |
| 1982 | 198 | #613 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 1981 | 181 | #633 | 25 | #3,409 |
| 1980 | 164 | #678 | 20 | #3,964 |
| 1979 | 162 | #671 | 16 | #4,566 |
| 1978 | 167 | #651 | 13 | #5,138 |
| 1977 | 116 | #795 | 10 | #6,224 |
| 1976 | 106 | #814 | 7 | #7,914 |
| 1975 | 107 | #808 | 11 | #5,417 |
| 1974 | 85 | #878 | 8 | #6,717 |
| 1973 | 90 | #840 | 7 | #7,241 |
| 1972 | 85 | #877 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 96 | #827 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 78 | #908 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 79 | #867 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 94 | #769 | 5 | #7,909 |
| 1967 | 73 | #841 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 93 | #761 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 73 | #865 | 6 | #6,354 |
| 1964 | 106 | #748 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 99 | #770 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 112 | #727 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 102 | #767 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 107 | #747 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 113 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 115 | #700 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 141 | #648 | 6 | #5,931 |
| 1956 | 134 | #656 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 130 | #649 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 166 | #574 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 164 | #553 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 163 | #547 | 7 | #4,834 |
| 1951 | 146 | #570 | 5 | #6,053 |
| 1950 | 152 | #548 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 170 | #511 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 179 | #494 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 186 | #495 | 6 | #5,175 |
| 1946 | 166 | #503 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 139 | #509 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 171 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 171 | #474 | 5 | #5,235 |
| 1942 | 157 | #493 | 5 | #5,233 |
| 1941 | 174 | #446 | 5 | #4,949 |
| 1940 | 150 | #474 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 139 | #490 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 141 | #491 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 139 | #483 | 6 | #4,174 |
| 1936 | 156 | #452 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 156 | #457 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 156 | #450 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 153 | #448 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 131 | #503 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 137 | #492 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 162 | #467 | 5 | #5,120 |
| 1929 | 163 | #461 | 6 | #4,483 |
| 1928 | 168 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 162 | #478 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 179 | #453 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 165 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 168 | #478 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 174 | #467 | 5 | #5,572 |
| 1922 | 163 | #482 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 160 | #491 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 166 | #473 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 194 | #421 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 174 | #450 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 139 | #489 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 166 | #436 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 142 | #461 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 101 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 97 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 87 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 47 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 63 | #315 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 49 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 42 | #353 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 40 | #348 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 37 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 34 | #357 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 32 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 29 | #359 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 37 | #325 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 30 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 53 | #286 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 35 | #299 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 39 | #305 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 44 | #268 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 39 | #300 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 49 | #259 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 38 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 36 | #289 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 39 | #297 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 28 | #322 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 39 | #277 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 44 | #248 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 37 | #296 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 46 | #240 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 39 | #274 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 58 | #210 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 47 | #253 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 45 | #238 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 54 | #224 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 47 | #222 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 41 | #265 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Riley reached #99 in 2002. As a girl name, it reached #22 in 2016. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Riley
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.