Boys' name · since 2005
Rilen
136 babies named Rilen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,434 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,386 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rilen currently ranks #11386 among boys' names in America, with 136 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Rilen recorded 136 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #11386 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #15,434 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,386 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rilen ranks #15,434 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,386 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,434 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,386 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rilen's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rilen compares
136 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rilen's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rilen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rilen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rilen's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rilen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Rilen popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2021 (Rilen as girls' name)
Rilen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Rilen's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rilen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Rilen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- 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 Rilen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Rilen 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.