Riley Girl Name

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The name Riley is of Old English origin, and means rye clearing. The table below indicates the number of times the name Riley has been given to baby girls in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Riley**
Use of the Name Riley for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
28,864	28,864	28,864	26,612	18,644	9,153	4,918

The table below indicates the number of times the name Riley has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Riley**
	Used as a Girl Name		Used as a Boy Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880			265	41
1881			222	47
1882			224	54
1883			238	45
1884			253	47
1885			210	58
1886			275	39
1887			240	46
1888			296	37
1889			248	44
1890			277	39
1891			322	28
1892			297	39
1893			289	36
1894			288	38
1895			259	49
1896			300	39
1897			268	44
1898			305	39
1899			299	35
1900			287	53
1901			333	30
1902			325	37
1903			359	29
1904			356	32
1905			357	34
1906			344	37
1907			348	40
1908			353	42
1909			331	49
1910			314	63
1911			425	47
1912			418	87
1913			434	97
1914			486	101
1915			461	142
1916			436	165
1917			490	138
1918			452	173
1919			421	194
1920			472	167
1921			486	162
1922			489	161
1923			466	175
1924			477	169
1925			475	163
1926			452	179
1927			479	160
1928			472	168
1929			463	161
1930			466	163
1931			490	137
1932			503	131
1933			448	154
1934			450	156
1935			457	153
1936			452	155
1937			482	140
1938			489	141
1939			478	142
1940			474	149
1941			447	173
1942			492	157
1943			472	172
1944			472	165
1945			502	142
1946			504	165
1947			492	187
1948			492	180
1949			511	170
1950			555	150
1951			567	146
1952			547	163
1953			550	164
1954			571	166
1955			648	130
1956			652	134
1957			649	140
1958			697	116
1959			726	111
1960			748	107
1961			770	101
1962			724	113
1963			768	99
1964			748	106
1965			867	73
1966			763	92
1967			846	72
1968			763	95
1969			872	78
1970			912	77
1971			826	96
1972			881	84
1973			838	90
1974			876	85
1975			813	105
1976			812	106
1977			803	114
1978			651	166
1979			673	161
1980			677	164
1981			637	178
1982			611	198
1983			563	224
1984			548	252
1985			474	332
1986			431	402
1987			396	477
1988			377	525
1989			340	677
1990	828	237	311	811
1991	727	286	297	864
1992	555	425	264	1,070
1993	454	549	218	1,375
1994	351	755	194	1,587
1995	285	969	170	1,915
1996	248	1,148	146	2,390
1997	184	1,666	135	2,831
1998	166	1,876	128	3,010
1999	138	2,309	127	2,964
2000	131	2,550	109	3,418
2001	106	3,041	105	3,645
2002	76	3,900	99	3,953
2003	72	4,235	104	4,062
2004	58	4,918	106	4,065
Totals:		28,864		52,060

During the last 125 years, parents have used Riley as a girl's name about 35% of the time and as a boy's name about 64% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either girls or boys. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Riley appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 15 times during the last 125 years.

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