Rilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIL-a
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Rilla is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Rilla mean?
Short form of Marilla, of uncertain origin
L. M. Montgomery's Rilla of Ingleside (1921) follows Anne Shirley's youngest daughter, Bertha Marilla 'Rilla' Blythe.
Is Rilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Rilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Rilla, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1914, with 56 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rilla than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Rilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1901 and 1941. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,466 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,577 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,438 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,308 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,179 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,371 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,174 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,196 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,227 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,245 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,309 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,514 |
| 1920 | 53 | #1,021 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,090 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1916 | 48 | #993 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,000 |
| 1914 | 56 | #769 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 31 | #777 |
| 1910 | 25 | #859 |
| 1909 | 24 | #831 |
| 1908 | 29 | #723 |
| 1907 | 21 | #819 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 27 | #668 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 32 | #583 |
| 1901 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 45 | #504 |
| 1899 | 30 | #550 |
| 1898 | 35 | #527 |
| 1897 | 34 | #497 |
| 1896 | 28 | #576 |
| 1895 | 40 | #455 |
| 1894 | 29 | #535 |
| 1893 | 45 | #399 |
| 1892 | 38 | #434 |
| 1891 | 35 | #423 |
| 1890 | 32 | #462 |
| 1889 | 27 | #475 |
| 1888 | 26 | #486 |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 |
| 1886 | 31 | #387 |
| 1885 | 30 | #373 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 |
| 1883 | 23 | #386 |
| 1882 | 19 | #418 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 17 | #403 |
Names like Rilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Della, Clara, Ada, Flora, Cora, Lena, Stella, Nora, Eva, Vera, Alma, Rosa
Names related to Rilla
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rilla, updated 20 October 2026.