Rilla

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 21 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,659
since 1880

Rilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rilla has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #360, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#7,59414
2023#11,1698
2022#9,68010
2021#7,63014
2020#7,21215
2019#12,4487
2018#12,4647
2017#12,7137
2016#10,8599
2015#9,48111
2014—
2013#11,9698
2012#12,1998
2011—
2010#9,79011
2009—
2008#17,5045
2007—
2006#13,6067
2005—
2004—
2003#15,7845
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994#11,7786
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979—
1978#8,5626
1977—
1976#9,2845
1975—
1974#6,9007
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970#7,9955
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
1967#4,9828
1966—
1965#4,8318
1964#3,69213
1963#4,27210
1962#5,8606
1961#3,79312
1960#4,4379
1959#3,82711
1958#2,50621
1957#4,9187
1956#3,04815
1955#2,22224
1954#2,88915
1953#2,23622
1952#2,41119
1951#1,74031
1950#3,42310
1949#1,96724
1948#2,41617
1947#1,75230
1946#1,46736
1945#1,74323
1944#1,57827
1943#1,49231
1942#1,43832
1941#1,38431
1940#1,31332
1939#1,30832
1938#1,34330
1937#1,14439
1936#1,37528
1935#1,41827
1934#1,40927
1933#1,17936
1932#1,14739
1931#1,33630
1930#1,37131
1929#1,17440
1928#1,31034
1927#1,21341
1926#1,83022
1925#1,19642
1924#1,22742
1923#1,24539
1922#1,30936
1921#1,51430
1920#1,02153
1919#1,09045
1918#1,07346
1917#1,07943
1916#99348
1915#1,00044
1914#76956
1913#1,35818
1912#1,03225
1911#77731
1910#85925
1909#83124
1908#72329
1907#81921
1906#91716
1905#71325
1904#66827
1903#71222
1902#58332
1901#55930
1900#50445
1899#55030
1898#52735
1897#49734
1896#57628
1895#45540
1894#53529
1893#39945
1892#43438
1891#42335
1890#46232
1889#47527
1888#48626
1887#44625
1886#38731
1885#37330
1884#39825
1883#38623
1882#41819
1881#36021
1880#40317
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rilla was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Rilla is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rilla
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,338 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #11,932)
  • 4,720 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #11,932)
  • 2,451 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 589 spots in 1914 (#1,358 → #769)
  • Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1912 (#777 → #1,032)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #360 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,379
  • Highest: 1 in 4,379 girls born in 1881 were named Rilla (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.3% of all girls named Rilla (381) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s244#360 (1881)#413
1890s346#399 (1893)#486
1900s271#504 (1900)#703
1910s381#769 (1914)#1,003
1920s379#1,021 (1920)#1,304
1930s319#1,144 (1937)#1,303
1940s283#1,313 (1940)#1,655
1950s175#1,740 (1951)#2,922
1960s79#3,692 (1964)#4,899
1970s23#6,900 (1974)#8,185
1980s0——
1990s6#11,778 (1994)#11,778
2000s17#13,606 (2006)#15,631
2010s68#9,481 (2015)#11,490
2020s68#7,212 (2020)#9,203

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.

Rilla in 1901

girls
#559
30 births · 1 in 7,978 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #559Rilla30
More about 1901

girls

239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 7,978 of them was named Rilla, which outranked 71.2% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rilla
  1. #547Queenie31
  2. #547Sadye31
  3. #547Zona31
  4. #559Rilla30
  5. #559Ara30
  6. #559Bobbie30
  7. #559Clementine30
  8. #577Berenice29
  9. #577Crystal29
  10. #577Elena29

Tied with 17 names at #559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,051Dellie#1,932 → #881
  2. ↑ 971Oneta#1,932 → #961
  3. ↑ 805Trula#1,723 → #918
  4. ↑ 762Dannie#1,723 → #961
  5. ↑ 704Thea#1,561 → #857
Fallers
  1. ↓ 846Leonore#833 → #1,679
  2. ↓ 709Syble#970 → #1,679
  3. ↓ 663Dellar#803 → #1,466
  4. ↓ 634Portia#705 → #1,339
  5. ↓ 633Dana#833 → #1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →