Riley
Nationally, Riley lands at #48 for 2025, holding steady. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 141,960 American bearers across the record.
Riley’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Riley, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Riley since 1880
Riley peaked for girls in 2016 at #22 and stands at #48 in 2025. Riley peaked for boys in 2006 at #101 and stands at #208 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Riley is most common
Among the states, Riley takes its largest share in Rhode Island, 0.9% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with New Hampshire and District of Columbia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Riley
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Roman
#42 in 2025
Rowan
#59 in 2025
River
#111 in 2025
Raelynn
#116 in 2025
Ryder
#133 in 2025
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Ryker
#183 in 2025
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About Riley
Where does Riley rank right now?
Nationally, Riley lands at #48 for 2025, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Riley have a meaning on record?
Riley postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
Which names sit near Riley?
The recipe puts Roman first, then River, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Riley’s free Name Kit
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