Riley-Jay

Riley-Jay was the #4,275 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (4 babies).

Riley-Jay as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
Riley-Jay as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Riley-Jay as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & Wales
2025#4,275 (4)
2024#2,922 (7)
2023#4,108 (4)
2022#2,321 (9)
2021#1,860 (12)
2020#2,076 (10)
2019#1,745 (13)
2018#1,683 (14)
2017#1,470 (17)
2016#1,081 (26)
2015#1,046 (27)
2014#1,012 (28)
2013#910 (32)
2012#682 (49)
2011#929 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2012 at #682.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2007.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Riley-Jay is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 84,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 42,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.