Reilly
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
Given to girls 54.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,528since 1978
Reilly over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | #2,676 | 48 |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 | #2,789 | 46 |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | #2,300 | 60 |
| 2020 | #2,216 | 81 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #2,249 | 81 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | #2,029 | 71 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #1,996 | 99 | #1,663 | 95 |
| 2015 | #2,123 | 90 | #1,790 | 84 |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | #1,536 | 104 |
| 2013 | #1,929 | 103 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #1,859 | 108 | #1,202 | 149 |
| 2011 | #1,564 | 140 | #1,219 | 143 |
| 2010 | #1,574 | 139 | #1,137 | 163 |
| 2009 | #1,432 | 163 | #1,078 | 172 |
| 2008 | #1,286 | 193 | #954 | 210 |
| 2007 | #1,244 | 199 | #909 | 218 |
| 2006 | #1,314 | 178 | #1,043 | 174 |
| 2005 | #1,011 | 241 | #976 | 178 |
| 2004 | #903 | 268 | #988 | 168 |
| 2003 | #869 | 276 | #873 | 196 |
| 2002 | #775 | 305 | #823 | 204 |
| 2001 | #737 | 325 | #817 | 202 |
| 2000 | #795 | 289 | #824 | 194 |
| 1999 | #696 | 324 | #867 | 174 |
| 1998 | #623 | 379 | #906 | 159 |
| 1997 | #622 | 360 | #799 | 183 |
| 1996 | #1,071 | 173 | #914 | 143 |
| 1995 | #1,730 | 84 | #1,187 | 95 |
| 1994 | #1,827 | 78 | #1,454 | 66 |
| 1993 | #2,012 | 69 | #1,379 | 70 |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 | #1,621 | 54 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #2,374 | 52 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
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| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Reilly! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Reilly is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#837 · 1 in 4,639
- Virginia#908 · 1 in 5,331
- New York#1,015 · 1 in 6,163
- Pennsylvania#1,026 · 1 in 6,651
- Illinois#1,605 · 1 in 11,794
Best ever in a state: #167 in New Hampshire, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #837 | 8 | 1 in 4,639 |
| Virginia | #908 | 7 | 1 in 5,331 |
| New York | #1,015 | 15 | 1 in 6,163 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,026 | 8 | 1 in 6,651 |
| Illinois | #1,605 | 5 | 1 in 11,794 |
| Florida | #2,003 | 5 | 1 in 16,746 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Reilly
- 128 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #2,822)
- 606 spots since 2020 (#2,216 → #2,822)
- 699 spots since 2015 (#2,123 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1997 (#1,071 → #622)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 2005 (#903 → #1,011)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1997 at #622 (360 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1997–2004
- Highest: 1 in 4,662 girls born in 1998 were named Reilly (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #622 in 1997, was only 1 in 4,835 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 44.1% of all girls named Reilly (2,437) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #8,562 (1978) | #8,562 |
| 1980s | 108 | #4,358 (1989) | #7,143 |
| 1990s | 1,596 | #622 (1997) | #1,692 |
| 2000s | 2,437 | #737 (2001) | #1,037 |
| 2010s | 996 | #1,564 (2011) | #2,029 |
| 2020s | 385 | #2,216 (2020) | #2,709 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Reilly in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 20,071 of them was named Reilly, which outranked 88.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,129Rian90
- #2,129Vianey90
- #2,129Yana90
- #2,139Reilly89
- #2,139Aaradhya89
- #2,139Adalynne89
- #2,139Alaiyah89
- #2,154Ameerah88
- #2,154Cailey88
- #2,154Dora88
Tied with 14 names at #2,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 18,470 of them was named Reilly, which outranked 89.1% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,526Yariel105
- #1,526Yasin105
- #1,526Zakariya105
- #1,536Reilly104
- #1,536Aaryan104
- #1,536Abdul104
- #1,536Azael104
- #1,551Abdullahi103
- #1,551Ander103
- #1,551Jaceyon103
Tied with 14 names at #1,536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.