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Riley
As a gender-neutral name, Riley traces back to Irish, where it is understood to mean "Irish surname meaning courageous, valiant". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is familiar to most people. The registry counts around 192,826 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
IrishIrish surname meaning "courageous, valiant"
Old EnglishOld English place name meaning "rye clearing"
Births by decade
1900s
383
1910s
1,210
1920s
1,678
1930s
1,481
1940s
1,684
1950s
1,442
1960s
950
1970s
1,166
1980s
4,117
1990s
29,065
2000s
85,113
2010s
64,537
Peaked in the 2000s · 192,826 total U.S. births since 1900