Given name & surname
Rily
“from the rye clearing”
Rily is a variant of Ryley. One English interpretation is “from the rye clearing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rily is a variant of Ryley. One English interpretation is “from the rye clearing.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rily is a variant of Ryley. An origin associated with Ryley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rily through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 16 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 68,621 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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