Rillie
John Peter Rillie is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for the Tacoma CC Titans and Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Meaning & Origin of Rillie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
John Peter Rillie is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for the Tacoma CC Titans and Gonzaga Bulldogs.
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The Story of Rillie
The earliest SSA record of Rillie as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 7 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Rillie — #3,092 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Rillie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Rillie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1938, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 69 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rillie
Rillie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 69 births in the dataset. Rillie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #3,092. Use the chart and map above to compare Rillie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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