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It’s perfectly neutral, because it should be used on neither sex. It’s a surname and should have stayed that way. It’s probably seen as slightly more feminine now because usually once a name has gone girl, most parents won’t touch it for a boy anymore.

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I suppose it’s more suburb.

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My first impression is that anybody who names a kid Riley doesn’t really expect them to grow up into an adult. It’s childish, vapid, dated and unoriginal. The parents of a Riley would be super cliche... a wine-swilling, essential-oils-loving yoga pants mom whose only hobbies are pinterest crafts and nagging, and a lazy, beery sports-loving dad who is baffled by shows of emotion or anything interior design-related. (Nothing wrong with any of these characteristics on their own, just painting a picture.)

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Whenever I watch the film Inside Out I always think it would be an absolutely perfect movie if only the main character hadn’t been given such a stupid name. But that would be my main pop culture reference.

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Other similar names would be

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Skylar
Peyton
Kinsley
Reese
Emery
Avery
Kennedy

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...basically a list of my nightmares.