Rhiley — #5512 US unisex name
901 babies named Rhiley in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Rhiley was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Rhiley in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhiley
The Social Security Administration has registered 901 babies named Rhiley between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhiley currently holds the #5512 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 60 babies received it in a single year. Rhiley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 285 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhiley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 501 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rhiley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhiley in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhiley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 901 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rhiley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhiley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2008)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #5512 among girls.
901 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 60 births in a single year.
Rhiley popularity over time — boys
285 total births recorded since 1997 (Rhiley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rhiley accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhiley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 501 births that decade — 56% of Rhiley's all-time total
Rhiley decade highlights
- Peak decade 501 births
- Runner-up 260 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rhiley's strongest decade
501 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Rhiley by state
Where Rhiley concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 31 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 21 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
33 of 901 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.