unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #48

Riley

RYE-lee

“In Irish usage, “valiant” from Ó Raghallaigh; as an English surname, it can refer to a rye clearing.”

A surname-style given name with both Irish and English associations.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Riley has traveled through time

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LATEST YEAR20256,107 births
PEAK RANK#22in 2016
CURRENT USAGE72.7% F27.3% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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