Reyli
A diminutive form of the Spanish name Reyes, derived from the Latin word "regis" meaning king.
Name Census estimates that about 849 living Americans carry the first name Reyli. It is a predominantly male name (98.5% of registrations). The average person named Reyli today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Reyli births was 2005 (159 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Reyli. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
849
~ 1 in 403,715 Americans
Peak year
2005
159 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,749
Tracked since 2004
Census
Reyli in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 595 people with the first name Reyli, which placed it at #18,189 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#18,189
National first-name rank
People counted
595
595 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
97.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Reyli
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Reyli is Hispanic at 97.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.7%) and Black (0.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Reyli described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Reyli at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino97.1% · 578
- White1.7% · 10
- Black or African American0.8% · 5
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 1
- Two or more races0.2% · 1
Gender
Gender distribution for Reyli
Reyli leans heavily male at 98.5% of total registrations, but 13 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Reyli as a male name
- Ranked #3,749 in 2024
- 30 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2005 (153 births)
Reyli as a female name
- Ranked #14,793 in 2006
- 7 female births in 2006
- Peak: 2006 (7 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Reyli leans strongly male. 570 people counted with this name were male (94.8%), compared with 31 female bearers (5.2%).
Popularity
Reyli: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Reyli from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 515 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Reyli by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Reyli during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Reylis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Reyli, while Tennessee, Virginia, Arizona recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 41 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Reyli
The name Reyli has its origins in the ancient Sumerian language, one of the earliest known written languages dating back to around 3500 BCE. It is believed to be derived from the Sumerian words "re" meaning "sun" and "li" meaning "great" or "powerful". Thus, the name Reyli would have initially signified something akin to "great sun" or "powerful sun".
This name was not uncommon among the Sumerian people, who worshipped the sun as a deity and incorporated it into many aspects of their culture and mythology. The earliest recorded instance of the name Reyli appears in a cuneiform tablet from the city of Uruk, dated to around 2800 BCE, which lists it as the name of a high-ranking priestess in the temple of the sun god Utu.
As the Sumerian civilization declined and gave way to other cultures in the region, such as the Akkadians and Babylonians, the name Reyli seems to have fallen out of common usage for several centuries. However, it resurfaced in the 6th century BCE, when it was recorded as the name of a prominent astronomer and mathematician in the court of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.
During the Middle Ages, the name Reyli appears to have been adopted by some communities in the Arabian Peninsula, possibly due to the influence of ancient Sumerian and Babylonian cultures on the region. One notable figure from this period was Reyli al-Kindi, a 9th-century Arab philosopher and polymath who made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, medicine, and optics.
In more recent history, the name Reyli has been relatively uncommon, but a few notable individuals have borne it. These include Reyli Barba (1910-1997), a Peruvian artist and sculptor known for his works depicting indigenous themes and cultures, and Reyli Fernández (born 1980), a Cuban-American actress and model who has appeared in several television shows and films.
Another individual of note was Reyli Haytan (1920-2005), a Turkish writer and poet who was a prominent figure in the literary circles of Istanbul during the mid-20th century. Additionally, there was Reyli Yilmaz (1938-2019), a Turkish musician and composer who was renowned for his contributions to the traditional Turkish classical music genre known as "Türk Sanat Müziği".
While not as widely used as some other names, Reyli has a rich and diverse history, with roots stretching back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and a presence in various cultures and time periods throughout the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
People
Reyli + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Reyli as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Reyli: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Reyli?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 849 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Reyli going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 403,715 US residents.
Is Reyli a common name?
We classify Reyli as "Very Rare". It ranks above 89% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 857 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Reyli most popular?
The single biggest year for Reyli was 2005, when 159 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Reyli is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Reyli in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 595 people with the name Reyli, or 0.20 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #18,189 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Reyli in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Reyli?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Reyli leans strongly male. 570 people counted with this name were male (94.8%), compared with 31 female bearers (5.2%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Reyli?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Reyli is Hispanic at 97.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.7%) and Black (0.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Reyli most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Reyli in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.1% (578 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Reyli in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Reyli a male name?
Yes, 98.5% of people registered as Reyli in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Reyli still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Reyli in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Reyli can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Reyli?
Want to know how many people have the name Reyli? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.