girls:
3.8k births since 1991
#2810 (51st percentile)
boys:
50 births since 1997
#4536 (1st percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1991
#4442 (43rd percentile)
The name Rileigh is the #4,442 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,825 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 42.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,810 (50.8% percentile) for all time with 3,775 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,536 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 50 births since 1997.
Rileigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 1997 for boys).
The name Rileigh has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rileigh reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 22.4% percentile (ranked #744) with 109 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 109 births per million (ranked 22.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rileigh ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 16.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rileigh reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #844) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rileigh".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Rileigh", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 59 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Riley" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Riley..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rileigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Rileigh is pronounced as RAI-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-lee, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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