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Description of the name "Riley"

Riley is most popular name in Montana of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Generation Alpha in Northeast. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is rising, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is rising.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in MidWest, stalled for female in MidWest, stalled for male in Northeast, falling for female in Northeast, stalled for male in South, stalled for female in South, stalled for male in West, falling for female in West, and stalled for male in MidWesttoo falling for female in MidWeststalled for male in Northeasttoo falling for female in Northeaststalled for male in Southtoo falling for female in Southstalled for male in Westtoo falling for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Riley'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Riley'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Riley"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Riley" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Riley" is 445th out of 1654 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Riley" is 474th out of 1332 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Riley" is 630th out of 1361 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Riley" is 785th out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Riley" is 286th out of 1406 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Riley" is 685th out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Riley" is 112th out of 1436 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Riley" is 73rd out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Riley" is 34th out of 1328 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Riley" is 223rd out of 1274 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.