Rileigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Rileigh is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
Where does Rileigh come from?
Irish: variant of Riley, from Irish O Raghallaigh or an English place name
Is Rileigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Rileigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rileigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rileigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rileigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Rileigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Rileigh, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Rileigh than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Rileigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,469 girls in the US were given Rileigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Rileigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 123 | #1,711 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,684 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,273 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,425 |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,204 |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,165 |
| 2009 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2008 | 220 | #1,165 |
| 2007 | 196 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 180 | #1,299 |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | 207 | #1,101 |
| 2003 | 199 | #1,104 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1,196 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,367 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,634 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Rileigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Rowan Eden Aoibheann Cassidy Aoife Raegan Clodagh Teagan Orla Niamh
Other spellings of Rileigh
Riley Rylee Ryleigh Rylie Rhylee Reilly Ryley Rylei Rhyleigh Rilee Rhiley
Names related to Rileigh
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
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, “Rileigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rileigh, updated 20 October 2026.