Riley’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Riley
Give Riley a notebook that's unmistakably hers. Riley's Notebook has her name in elegant script over a pink watercolor apple blossom cover.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Riley's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Where does the name Riley come from?
Riley comes from a surname with two sources, Behind the Name explains. As an Irish surname it is a variant of Reilly; Wikipedia traces that to O’Reilly and the Irish Raghallach, of unknown meaning. As an English surname it comes from a place name meaning “rye clearing”, from the Old English ryge, “rye”, and lēah, “wood, clearing”.
Other forms of Riley
Behind the Name gives Ry as the short form and Rylee, Ryleigh, Ryley and Rylie as variants. Wikipedia counts more than two dozen US spellings, from Rilee and Rileigh to Reilly.
Well-known Rileys
Actress Riley Keough, the eldest grandchild of Elvis Presley, appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road and earned Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations playing a singer-songwriter in Daisy Jones & the Six (2023). The best-known Riley may be fictional: Riley Andersen, the 11-year-old girl inside whose mind Pixar’s Inside Out takes place. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Riley’s popularity
Riley is new for American girls. Social Security data has no Riley in the girls’ top 200 until the 2000s, when it ranked 67th, then 34th in the 2010s, when more than 56,000 American girls were named Riley. Behind the Name has it at 48th for US girls in 2025, so most girls named Riley are still children or young adults.
A few more things about Riley
Riley switched sides in America. Behind the Name says it was an uncommon boys’ name before 1980 and has been more common for girls in the US since 2003, while in Britain and Australia it has stayed largely masculine. Wikipedia notes it was the 40th most popular boys’ name in the UK in 2016.
Gift ideas with Riley in mind
- For a Pixar fan. A notebook for big feelings, in honor of Inside Out.
- For the first day of middle school. A journal for a new chapter.
- For a music lover. Songwriting notes, in honor of Riley Keough.
- For Thanksgiving. A gratitude journal for the family’s Riley.
A notebook for every Riley
Riley’s Notebook works just as well for a teenager as for a grandmother. It’s 6" x 9", which fits in most bags, with 160 lined pages and no printed layout to work around. Use it as a diary, a school notebook, a planner or a place to collect quotes and ideas. A name on the cover turns an everyday notebook into something personal.
Why choose a personalized notebook?
A plain notebook is useful. One with her name on it is a gift. Seeing “Riley’s Notebook” on the cover tells Riley it was chosen for her, not grabbed off a shelf, and that small touch is often what makes people keep a notebook going instead of abandoning it after a week.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Riley’s Notebook? 6" x 9", or about 15.2 x 22.9 cm. It’s a paperback with 160 lined pages inside.
Where do I buy it? Riley’s Notebook is available on Amazon, which prints each copy to order and looks after delivery and refunds.
Do you have other names? We do, hundreds of them. Browse all name notebooks or read how to find a name on our personalized name notebooks page.
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