Rilyn

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Peak · girls
#1,955
2012 · 100 births
Debut · girls
1999
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,279
since 1999

Rilyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #1,955, 2012peak #4,686, 2012girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,46031#10,6956
2024#4,20734—
2023#3,76340#9,7637
2022#3,07353#10,8636
2021#2,95856—
2020#3,17949#12,0225
2019#3,45145#9,7567
2018#3,15851#10,7606
2017#2,50871#8,8408
2016#2,28783#7,60510
2015#2,38277#5,74615
2014#2,61567#9,6427
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2012#1,955100#4,68620
2011#2,05894#5,67515
2010#2,69166#6,69812
2009#2,89260#7,69210
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2007#3,48247#9,7887
2006#3,79540#8,7328
2005#4,11834#10,1516
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2002#7,44414—
2001#10,1029—
2000#11,8017—
1999#14,4115—
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five girls were named Rilyn! It came in at #14,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Rilyn is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedHITexas: #2,636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 22,935 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rilyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935

Best ever in a state: #329 in West Virginia, 2012.

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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.

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See more about Rilyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,281 spots since 2020 (#3,179 → #4,460)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,955 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,611
  • Highest: 1 in 17,611 girls born in 2012 were named Rilyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 56.8% of all girls named Rilyn (727) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s5#14,411 (1999)#14,411
2000s284#2,892 (2009)#6,261
2010s727#1,955 (2012)#2,556
2020s263#2,958 (2021)#3,607

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.

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