The best baby names starting with R
The letter R has its own personality on a birth certificate, and these names wear it best right now.
Every pick below is in confident current use — real ranks, no filler.
Girls
- Riley#48 today
- Ruby#64 today
- Rose#114 today
- Raelynn#116 today
- Rylee#137 today
- Remi#145 today
- Rosalie#171 today
- Ruth#173 today
- Reese#192 today
- River#219 today
- Rory#230 today
- Reagan#248 today
- Rowan#249 today
- Rachel#250 today
- Rosemary#251 today
- Rosie#283 today
- Ryleigh#343 today
- Rebecca#349 today
- Raya#369 today
- Regina#395 today
- Raven#404 today
- Reign#451 today
- Rylie#476 today
- Renata#481 today
Boys
- Roman#42 today
- Rowan#59 today
- Robert#92 today
- Ryan#99 today
- River#111 today
- Ryder#132 today
- Ryker#182 today
- Rhett#188 today
- Rory#199 today
- Riley#207 today
- Rafael#218 today
- Richard#234 today
- Ronan#247 today
- Reid#293 today
- Romeo#301 today
- Remington#307 today
- Russell#345 today
- Ricardo#380 today
- Raymond#394 today
- Raphael#394 today
- Remy#408 today
- Rhys#410 today
- Rylan#416 today
- Reed#417 today
How this list is built: Names beginning with R inside the current national top-1500, ordered by today's rank. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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