How Many People Are Named Rilla?
people named Rilla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 535,712 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,659 babies named Rilla in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, perhaps a short form of names ending in rilla.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rilla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rilla alive today is about 59 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rilla first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1914, to 56 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rilla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #371, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #12,907.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,907 |
| Best rank | #371 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #986 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rilla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rilla were born in California than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rilla was given 15.1 times as often in Georgia and 12.3 times in Alabama.
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