Rilee — #4146 US unisex name
3,303 babies named Rilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Rilee was born in this single decade.
180 babies were named Rilee in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rilee
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,303 babies named Rilee between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rilee currently holds the #4146 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 180 babies received it in a single year. Rilee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 412 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rilee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,360 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rilee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rilee in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rilee 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 3,303 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.
Rilee at a glance
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Current rank
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Rilee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2008)
- 180
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #4146 among girls.
3,303 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 180 births in a single year.
Rilee popularity over time — boys
412 total births recorded since 1995 (Rilee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rilee accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,360 births that decade — 41% of Rilee's all-time total
Rilee decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,360 births
- Runner-up 1,245 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rilee's strongest decade
1,360 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Rilee by state
Where Rilee concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 212 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 212 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 141 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 98 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 85 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 75 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 73 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 72 | 2.2% |
212 of 3,303 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rilee appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1985–2024 (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.