Rileigh — #4502 US girls' name
3,807 babies named Rileigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Rileigh was born in this single decade.
221 babies were named Rileigh in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rileigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,807 babies named Rileigh between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rileigh currently holds the #4502 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 221 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rileigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,844 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rileigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 293 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rileigh in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rileigh 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 3,807 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.
Rileigh at a glance
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Current rank
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Rileigh popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2009)
- 221
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #4502 among girls.
3,807 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 221 births in a single year.
Rileigh popularity over time — boys
50 total births recorded since 1997 (Rileigh as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rileigh accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rileigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,844 births that decade — 48% of Rileigh's all-time total
Rileigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,844 births
- Runner-up 1,357 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rileigh's strongest decade
1,844 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Rileigh by state
Where Rileigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 293 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 188 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 172 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 159 | 4.2% |
| #5 | California | | 144 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 126 | 3.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 123 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 95 | 2.5% |
293 of 3,807 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rileigh appears in 29 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, 1991–2024 (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.