Riel**
#13,873 most common boys' name of all time · #35,760 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1997–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#13,873
Rank overall
#35,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
136
Since 2016
58
Peak year
2012 #10,313
Best rank
#6,649 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Riel first appears in 1997. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,649 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,658 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,435 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,430 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,137 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,454 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,976 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,262 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,365 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #10,313 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,541 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,519 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,794 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,752 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |