Reily
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Reily is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Reily mean?
Irish: spelling of Reilly; from the surname Ó Raghallaigh
From the Irish surname Ó Raghallaigh, borne by the medieval lords of East Breifne in what is now County Cavan.
Meaning borrowed from Reilly. More on Wiktionary.
Is Reily a girl's or a boy's name?
Reily is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reily in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Reily in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Reily in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Reily, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Reily in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1998, 59% of the babies named Reily in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 23%, with more boys than girls since 2005.
Reily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Reily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Aiden, Finn, Kody, Ronan, Kian, Kayden, Caelan, Cody, Keegan, Declan, Brayden
Names related to Reily
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reily, updated 20 October 2026.