Girl Names That Start With R

These are the 84 girl names that start with R, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 84 names

1. Riley #48 4,441
2. Ruby #64 3,554
3. Rose #114 2,386
4. Raelynn #116 2,326
5. Rylee #137 2,118
6. Remi #145 2,023
7. Rosalie #171 1,797
8. Ruth #173 1,781
9. Reese #192 1,631
10. River #219 1,401
11. Rory #230 1,332
12. Reagan #248 1,244
13. Rowan #249 1,240
14. Rachel #250 1,225
15. Rosemary #251 1,222
16. Rosie #283 1,088
17. Ryleigh #343 891
18. Rebecca #349 872
19. Raya #369 831
20. Regina #395 786
21. Raven #404 771
22. Reign #451 682
23. Rylie #476 644
24. Renata #481 635
25. Raelyn #502 592
26. Raegan #505 589
27. Remington #511 580
28. Romina #529 569
29. Rhea #639 452
30. Rosa #652 441
31. Robin #704 400
32. Ryan #712 393
33. Remy #718 390
34. Ramona #733 373
35. Ruthie #778 349
36. Royalty #782 347
37. Rebekah #884 302
38. Rosalee #954 270
39. Rosalyn #1047 237
40. Rubi #1076 225
41. Renee #1098 218
42. Rhiannon #1119 210
43. Raquel #1120 209
44. Rita #1285 174
45. Rae #1299 171
46. Roxanne #1309 170
47. Roslyn #1427 151
48. Robyn #1436 150
49. Roma #1493 143
50. Rosalind #1518 140
51. Rosemarie #1758 115
52. Ronnie #1777 113
53. Reva #1981 97
54. Rihanna #2139 87
55. Rosalinda #2153 86
56. Regan #2276 80
57. Rosella #2326 78
58. Rena #2387 75
59. Roberta #2778 61
60. Rosanna #2895 58
61. Robbie #3130 51
62. Rosetta #3249 48
63. Rhoda #3296 47
64. Rachelle #3342 46
65. Roxie #3903 37
66. Randi #4172 34
67. Roseanna #4172 34
68. Rowena #4352 32
69. Rochelle #4546 30
70. Rachael #4987 26
71. Ruthann #5554 22
72. Rosina #5722 21
73. Rhonda #6116 19
74. Roseann #6546 17
75. Reba #10107 9
76. Retta #11932 7
77. Rilla #11932 7
78. Rosanne #11932 7
79. Roxann #13208 6
80. Reta
81. Retha
82. Robbin
83. Ronda
84. Rubye

Also starting with R, and now given almost only to boys: Robert, Richard, Ray, Rene

Girl names that start with R in the 2025 data

R is the eighth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 70,529 of them, 4.4% of every girl in the file. It has climbed from ninth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 3.7% to 4.4%.

This list holds the 84 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Riley, #48 with 4,441 girls in 2025. 2 of the 84 are in this year's top 100, and 79 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Four other names starting with R are left out — Robert, Richard and Ray among them. Each reached the top 500 among girls at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a girl. Together they account for 46,516 of those 70,529 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Raya, up from #1,209 in 2015 to #369 in 2025. Rebecca has gone the other way, from #188 to #349. The shortest name here is Rae at 3 letters, the longest Rosemarie at 9.

Questions about girl names that start with R

What is the most popular girl name that starts with R?

Riley. 4,441 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #48 nationally.

How many girl names start with R?

84 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 70,529 girls born in 2025 — 4.4% of the total — were given a name starting with R.

Are girl names that start with R getting more popular?

R is gaining ground. It was ninth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 3.7% of births, and it is eighth in 2025 with 4.4%.