girls:
1.2k births since 1999
#4505 (21st percentile)
boys:
149 births since 2005
#4437 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1999
#6380 (18th percentile)
The name Rilyn is the #6,380 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,363 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 17.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,505 (21.2% percentile) for all time with 1,214 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,437 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 149 births since 2005.
Rilyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2005 for boys).
The name Rilyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.1% of babies named Rilyn were girls.
For girls, Rilyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #842) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rilyn ranks #912 for girls (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 44.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rilyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #885) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rilyn ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 38.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rilyn".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Rilyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.6% confident that Rilyn is pronounced as RAI-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-lihn, at 28.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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