Namebino · Girl names · Boy names
Girl's name · #48 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
75% girls · 25% boys — Riley is also given to boys: 1,666 in 2025, about 25% in recent years. Riley →
Riley reached its best rank, #22, in 2016 and remains near the top at #48 today. About 142,000 girls have carried it since 1923.
Pixar’s Inside Out introduced its young heroine Riley in 2015. US births of Riley for girls rose from 4,800 in 2014 to 5,739 in 2015 and 7,159 in 2016, reversing several years of decline.
See where Riley is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Riley ranks in other countries and regions.
#51 in New Zealand (2025) · #86 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #91 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #96 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #125 in Scotland (2025) · #158 in N. Ireland (2025) · #188 in England & Wales (2025) · #216 in Netherlands (2025) · #270 in Ireland (2025) · #606 in Belgium (2025) · #706 in Switzerland (2025) · #965 in France (2025) and 4 more.
Among 347 notable people named Riley:
Sports figures appear 3.04× more often than among typical names — e.g. Riley Day, Australian athlete.
A popular twin pairing with Riley is Reagan for a girl.
Together with its spelling variants Rylee (#137) and Rylie (#478), Riley would rank around #14 with about 7,200 births last year — the newborns split about 62/29/9 across Riley, Rylee, and Rylie.
Similar names: Rylee · Avery · Reese · Hailey · Brooklyn · Hadley
Browse more girl names — popularity, trends and eras for 5,700+ American names, free.