Riley-Jay

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Riley-Jay: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Riley-Jay: Recorded every year since 2007, it reached #682 in 2012, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#682highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#2741
2008	#4432
2009	#2318
2010	#1201
2011	#929
2012	#682
2013	#910
2014	#1012
2015	#1046
2016	#1081
2017	#1470
2018	#1683
2019	#1745
2020	#2076
2021	#1860
2022	#2320
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #2741 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #682 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Riley-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Riley-Jay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	3 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	258	10 of 10	26
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Riley-Jay appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #682 in England and Wales in 2012.

Riley-Jay's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#910	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#682	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #682, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
49births registered in its largest year, 201225 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ayaat · #682, 19y
Drake · #682, 22y
Cece · #683, 17y
Apollo · #679, 16y

Riley-Jay was ranked #682 in England and Wales · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Riley-Jay and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Riley-Jay without appearing here.

Riley-Jay moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #4678.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #3332.
Madison Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #929 and #2892.

Moved ahead of Riley-Jay

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1609.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #3523.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #2018.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1470 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1683 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Riley-Jay

Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riley-Jay went from #1201 to #2921 while Braxton went from #4678 to #2088.
Rune Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Riley-Jay went from #910 to #2921 while Rune went from #4685 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Riley-Jay

Garry Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Riley-Jay went from #2741 to #4107 and Garry from #2211 to #4991.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #682 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Riley-Jay

Riley-Jay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Riley-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Riley-Jay at a glance

Riley-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Riley-Jay

Riley-Jay and the names beside it

Riley-Jay moved ahead of

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