Unisex name · since 1996
Reilley
180 babies named Reilley in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Reilley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 180 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reilley has been recorded 180 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2013.
- #20,919 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 180 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reilley ranks #20,919 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 180 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Reilley's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reilley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reilley splits its recorded history at 2004: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reilley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2013
- Peak year (2004)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Reilley popularity over time - boys
107 total births recorded since 1998 (Reilley as boys' name)
Reilley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Reilley's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Reilley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Reilley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reilley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reilley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.