Unisex name · since 1996
Riely
Riely has 182 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riely is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 182 have been recorded since 1996.
Riely has 182 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.
- #20,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 182 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riely ranks #20,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Riely's 182 recorded births place it above 71.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Riely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Riely's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Riely popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Riely popularity over time - boys
177 total births recorded since 1987 (Riely as boys' name)
Riely by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (118 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Riely's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Riely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 118 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Riely's decade-level peak was the 2000s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 34 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 Riely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
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 Riely 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.