Reilly
Reilly is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. Its best rank was 623rd, in 1997–1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998379 births
- Best rank
- #623first in 1997
- Since 1978
- 9,977people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,467 girls have been named Reilly in the United States since 1978, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 379 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 45%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Reilly is used for both sexes: 45% of its bearers are boys (4,510), most of them born around 2007.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Reilly was the 623rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Reilly
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dasiapeak 1997
- Mikaylapeak 1998
- Mykaylapeak 1999
- Sydneypeak 2000
- Ajahpeak 1999
- Mykaelapeak 1998
- Cyanpeak 1998
- Mckaylapeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.