Girl Names Starting With R
Every count on this page is real 2025 SSA registration data — and for girls, the biggest R name is Riley, at 4,441. The deepest entry here sits at rank #954, with 270 recorded births.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #48 | Riley | 4,441 |
| #64 | Ruby | 3,554 |
| #114 | Rose | 2,386 |
| #116 | Raelynn | 2,326 |
| #137 | Rylee | 2,118 |
| #145 | Remi | 2,023 |
| #171 | Rosalie | 1,797 |
| #173 | Ruth | 1,781 |
| #192 | Reese | 1,631 |
| #220 | River | 1,401 |
| #230 | Rory | 1,332 |
| #248 | Reagan | 1,244 |
| #249 | Rowan | 1,240 |
| #250 | Rachel | 1,225 |
| #251 | Rosemary | 1,222 |
| #283 | Rosie | 1,088 |
| #344 | Ryleigh | 891 |
| #350 | Rebecca | 872 |
| #369 | Raya | 831 |
| #395 | Regina | 786 |
| #404 | Raven | 771 |
| #452 | Reign | 682 |
| #478 | Rylie | 644 |
| #481 | Renata | 635 |
| #502 | Raelyn | 592 |
| #506 | Raegan | 589 |
| #513 | Remington | 580 |
| #531 | Romina | 569 |
| #582 | Reina | 510 |
| #594 | Reyna | 493 |
| #609 | Rosalia | 481 |
| #629 | Rivka | 464 |
| #639 | Rhea | 452 |
| #653 | Rosa | 441 |
| #681 | Rosalina | 417 |
| #698 | Romy | 407 |
| #699 | Rowyn | 407 |
| #704 | Robin | 400 |
| #715 | Ryan | 393 |
| #721 | Remy | 390 |
| #733 | Ramona | 373 |
| #755 | Rynlee | 359 |
| #781 | Ruthie | 349 |
| #782 | Royalty | 347 |
| #796 | Rayna | 342 |
| #818 | Romi | 333 |
| #884 | Rebekah | 302 |
| #906 | Rayne | 293 |
| #916 | Raina | 287 |
| #954 | Rosalee | 270 |
Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so gaps between rows are real. For a random shortlist, spin R girl names in the generator, or scan the full top 100 girl names.
How common is R as a first letter for girls in 2025?
Among the 2025 top-1,000 girl names, 51 begin with R; summed, their births are 4.1% of the whole list, the 7th-largest share among the 26 initials. Tier by tier, the 2025 overall top 100 claims 2 of the table's 50 names, the 101–500 band claims 22, the 501–1,000 band claims 26, and none rank past #1,000, outside the committed top-1,000 file. The table's last row, Rosalee, still carries 270 births at #954; any R girl names below it are outside the committed per-letter depth of 50 and are not shown.
Between #48 (Riley, 4,441 births) and #954 (Rosalee, 270), the 50 rows of the 2025 R table hold 47,761 births in all, a top-to-bottom count ratio of 16.4. The middle row, the 25th, is Raelyn at #502 with 592 births in 2025. The widest jump between consecutive rows is 66 ranks, from Romi (#818) to Rebekah (#884); every 2025 girl name at the ranks between them begins with another letter. 1 row carries exactly the count of the row above it, ordered by the SSA's alphabetical tie rule; the first such pair is Romy (#698) and Rowyn (#699), at 407 births each. The 2 names from the 2025 R table inside the overall top 100 are Riley (#48) and Ruby (#64).
How a rank like #48 is assigned, including the SSA's alphabetical tie-break between equal counts, is explained in Reading ranks and counts.
R girl names across the decade snapshots
Every snapshot year from 1955 to 2015 has at least one R girl name in its top 200; the count was 15 in 1955 and 10 in 2015. The most R names in a single snapshot was 15 in 1955, led by Rebecca at #27 with 12,398 births; the fewest was 5 in 1995. The lead changed hands among 4 names across those 7 snapshots (Rebecca, Robin, Rachel and Riley), and Riley leads again in 2025, at #48.
| Snapshot | R names in top 200 | Leading R name | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s (1955) | 15 | Rebecca | #27 | 12,398 |
| 1960s (1965) | 11 | Robin | #33 | 11,995 |
| 1970s (1975) | 9 | Rebecca | #11 | 13,925 |
| 1980s (1985) | 6 | Rachel | #13 | 16,360 |
| 1990s (1995) | 5 | Rachel | #12 | 16,047 |
| 2000s (2005) | 6 | Rachel | #38 | 6,226 |
| 2010s (2015) | 10 | Riley | #35 | 5,739 |
Measured as a share of top-200 girl births, R runs 4.6% in 1955, 4.5% in 1965, 4.1% in 1975, 3.3% in 1985, 3.1% in 1995, 2.5% in 2005 and 3.1% in 2015 — a high of 4.6% in 1955 and a low of 2.5% in 2005. Cut to the same top-200 depth, the 2025 list holds 9 R names with 3.1% of its births, led by Riley at #48. To read those 7 R shares against the other 25 initials, for girls and for boys, see First-letter trends since 1955, where each snapshot column carries all 26 shares; the full index is on the data guides page.
Faded and new R girl names
Between the snapshots and 2025, 8 R girl names dropped out at the committed depths — each inside some snapshot's top 200, none among the 50 names in the 2025 table. Absent means absent from the 2025 top-50 R list, which stops at Rosalee (#954, 270 births); a faded name may still be registered below that cut.
| Name | Best rank (year) | Snapshots in top 200 | Last charted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael | #100 (1985) | 3 of 7 | 1995 |
| Renee | #68 (1965) | 4 of 7 | 1985 |
| Rhonda | #37 (1965) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Robyn | #172 (1975) | 1 of 7 | 1975 |
| Rita | #72 (1955) | 2 of 7 | 1965 |
| Roberta | #113 (1955) | 2 of 7 | 1965 |
| Ronda | #181 (1965) | 1 of 7 | 1965 |
| Roxanne | #165 (1955) | 1 of 7 | 1955 |
The 2025 table also carries 32 names that no snapshot top 200 contains: Remi (#145), Rosalie (#171), River (#220), Rory (#230), Rowan (#249), Rosie (#283), Raya (#369), Reign (#452), Rylie (#478), Renata (#481), Raelyn (#502) and Raegan (#506), and 20 more. That records only that none of the 32, Remi at #145 included, ranked inside the top 200 in 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015; the snapshot files stop at that rank, so any of them can have been registered below it in any of those years.
The shape of the 2025 R list
On the SSA spelling, 12 of the 50 names in the 2025 R table have four letters or fewer, 35 have five to seven, and 3 have eight or more. Take each length class on its own and the 2025 R list shows 3 long spellings from Rosemary at #251 to Rosalina at #681, 35 medium spellings from Riley at #48 to Rosalee at #954, and 12 short spellings from Ruby at #64 to Romi at #818. By letter count, Ruby is the shortest spelling in the 2025 table (4 letters, #64) and Remington the longest (9 letters, #513). "o" is the second letter of 16 of the 50 names in the 2025 R table, "e" of 12, and "a" of 10; 7 second letters are used in total.
Across the sexes, 10 of these 50 spellings also sit on the 2025 boys' R list, where the SSA ranks each sex on its own: Riley (#48 for girls, #208 for boys), Reese (#192 for girls, #603 for boys), River (#220 for girls, #111 for boys), Rory (#230 for girls, #199 for boys), Rowan (#249 for girls, #59 for boys), Reign (#452 for girls, #772 for boys), Remington (#513 for girls, #307 for boys) and Robin (#704 for girls, #705 for boys), and 2 more.
R girl names: questions the data answers
What is the most popular girl name starting with R in 2025?
Riley. The 2025 SSA data records 4,441 girls named Riley, which places it at #48 among all girl names that year, inside the overall top 100.
How many girl names starting with R are in the 2025 top 1,000?
51. Together they account for 4.1% of the births in the 2025 top 1,000, the 7th-largest share among the 26 initials.
Why does this page list 50 R girl names?
The committed per-letter file holds the 50 most-registered 2025 girl names for each initial, and R fills it: the 50th row is Rosalee at #954. Any R names below that cut are outside the committed depth and are not shown.
Which R girl name on this page has the lowest rank?
Rosalee, at #954 with 270 births in 2025. Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so the span from #48 to #954 covers names that start with other letters.
How many R girl names were in the top 200 in 1955 and in 2015?
15 in 1955 (led by Rebecca at #27) and 10 in 2015 (led by Riley at #35). Those are counts inside one SSA year's top 200; over the 7 snapshots the R count ranges from 5 (1995) to 15 (1955).
Do any of these R girl names also appear on the boys' R list for 2025?
Yes, 10 of the 50: Riley (#48 for girls, #208 for boys), Reese (#192 for girls, #603 for boys), River (#220 for girls, #111 for boys), Rory (#230 for girls, #199 for boys), Rowan (#249 for girls, #59 for boys), Reign (#452 for girls, #772 for boys), Remington (#513 for girls, #307 for boys) and Robin (#704 for girls, #705 for boys), and 2 more. Those are per-sex ranks, so Riley's #48 for girls (4,441 births) and #208 for boys (1,666) are two separate SSA positions, not one.
Other letters
Boy names for this letter: boy names starting with R.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.