# Rileigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rileigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,882 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 50 / 3,832 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 199 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 160 | 1,429 |
| 2013 | 186 | 1,276 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,690 |
| 2015 | 123 | 1,717 |
| 2016 | 128 | 1,680 |
| 2017 | 84 | 2,253 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,322 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,675 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,816 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,701 |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,357 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,538 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4,545 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,201 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 9,028 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,752 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,382 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12,058 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,256 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,065 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,905 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,955 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.