Rieley — unisex name
203 babies named Rieley in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Rieley was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Rieley in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rieley
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Rieley between 1996 and 2016, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rieley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Rieley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 111 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rieley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rieley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rieley 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 203 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.
Rieley at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rieley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1996
- Peak year (2005)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
203 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 21 births in a single year.
Rieley popularity over time — boys
111 total births recorded since 1994 (Rieley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rieley accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rieley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 136 births that decade — 67% of Rieley's all-time total
Rieley decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rieley's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2016 (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.