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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: new

RileyIn Hebrew: ריילי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Riley (Hebrew: ריילי) is a unisex name of international origin. 125 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 7 girls and ranked #863. Its peak year was 2018, with 15 babies.

People in Israel
125
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
7
rank #863
Peak year
2018
15 babies
USA, 2025
4,441
rank #48

Writing and saying Riley

In Hebrew letters the name is ריילי, read right to left. Riley is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Riley by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Riley: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Riley in English-speaking countries

Riley in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20254,441#482016 (7,159)
United Kingdom2025319#1782024 (329)
England and Wales2025270#1862024 (280)
Scotland202537#1222021 (40)
Northern Ireland202512#1542017 (12)
Ireland202516#2672018 (41)
British Columbia202333#832016 (59)
Alberta202542#852016 (58)
Quebec202532#1792020 (56)
New South Wales202578#912022 (89)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Riley has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Riley

How do you write Riley in Hebrew?

Riley is written ריילי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Riley?

125 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ריילי: 78 women and 47 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Riley a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 62% of the people named ריילי are women and 38% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Riley used outside Israel?

The name Riley appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 4,441 girls were given it in 2025 (#48), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 319 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.