Unisex name · since 1996
Rieley
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 203 babies named Rieley, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rieley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 203 recorded since 1996.
Rieley has 203 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2016.
- #19,671 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rieley ranks #19,671 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rieley's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rieley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rieley's full recorded timeline at 2005, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rieley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2005)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Rieley popularity over time - boys
111 total births recorded since 1994 (Rieley as boys' name)
Rieley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Rieley's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Rieley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Rieley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 32 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 Rieley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1996–2016 (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 Rieley 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.