Worldwide, Riley (Riley 
, رايلي 
, Райли 
, and others...) is a common largely masculine, but seldom girly forename. The first name Riley is habitual in Aland Islands, where it is quite a common boy's name, Australia, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, and the United States, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Australia, and Canada. More prevalently, Riley is the last name as well as the forename.
Riley is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Riley , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us: Left Behind; Riley Finn , the character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffyverse; Riley Parks , the fictional character from The Client List television series; Riley Dawson , character in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Riley Freeman , the The Boondocks character, and in many other works.
| bennett c. riley United States Army general and politician (1790-1853), US (b. 1790) |
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murray stewart riley Australian rower, AU (b. 1925) |
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lee riley NFL football player (1932-2011), US (b. 1932) |
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b. daniel riley American politician, US (b. 1946) |
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| ford riley American television producer, screenwriter, lyricist and voice actor, US (b. 1901) |
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herlin riley American musician, US (b. 1957) |
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| burke riley American politician, US (b. 1914) |
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| lanham riley member of the Rodeo Hall of Fame (1920-2006) (b. 1920) |
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| doyle riley member of the Rodeo Hall of Fame (1923-1985) (b. 1923) |
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blair riley Canadian ice hockey player, CA (b. 1985) |
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ali riley association football player, NZ (b. 1987) |
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perry riley American football player, US (b. 1988) |
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duke riley American football player from the United States, US (b. 1994) |
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| forbes riley American actress, US (b. 1960) |
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| duke riley American artist, US (b. 1972) |
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