Riel — #8753 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Riel

The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Riel between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riel currently holds the #8753 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Riel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1997.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Riel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riel 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 95 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.