Rileigh Girl
How popular is Rileigh?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Rileigh in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Rileigh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 627 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,711 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (221 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,101 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rileigh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Riley family of names ranked #17 for girls in 2025 (#16 the year before), with 8,189 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Riley | 4,441 | 54% |
| Rylee | 2,118 | 26% |
| Ryleigh | 891 | 11% |
| Rylie | 644 | 8% |
| Rilee | 20 | 0% |
| Ryley | 39 | 0% |
| Rileigh | 25 | 0% |
| Ryli | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rileigh is most popular
Babies named Rileigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Rileigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Rileigh
Questions
- Is Rileigh a boy or girl name?
- Rileigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rileigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Rileigh?
- 25 baby girls were named Rileigh in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Rileigh most popular?
- Rileigh peaked in 2009, when 221 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,101 in 2004.
- How many people are named Rileigh?
- 3,882 babies have been named Rileigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,849 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Rileigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rileigh was most common in South Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.