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Ryley

#3,929 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Rye + clearing, meadow, through Riley

Ryley has been given to 7,197 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #3,929 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 186 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Ryley, 2025

1 in 118,000

Ryley over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ryley over time

In 2025, Ryley went to 58% girls and 42% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ryley: meaning, origin, and history

Rye + clearing, meadow, through Riley

surname transfer

What Ryley means

Ryley belongs to the name family reached through Ryley → Riley. Its meaning is “rye + clearing, meadow”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ryley is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Ryley is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Riley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,856 boys were recorded with the name Ryley between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 186 in 2007; its best national rank was #904 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,747 in 2020 to #3,929 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,690 in 2015 to #3,929 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,341 girls were recorded with the name Ryley between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 186 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,222 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,654 in 2020 to #3,822 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,254 in 2015 to #3,822 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ryley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,929
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ryley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ryley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ryleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ryley was born before 2005 — so the typical Ryley is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
42.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,856
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 42.6% of all recorded uses (1,643).

Is Ryley rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,279
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,182
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,239
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.1%
Peak was 2007 (186)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#904
2000

Spellings of Ryley

Ryley is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 38.0% against Ryley's 0.24%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ryley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ryley was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 76,936 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 25,000
  2. 2Washington1 in 25,000
  3. 3Idaho1 in 33,333
  4. 4Arizona1 in 50,000
  5. 5California1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 50,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 50,000
  8. 8Utah1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ryley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ryley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ryley was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 49,176 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 25,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 33,333
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4California1 in 50,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 50,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 50,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ryley around the world

Where Ryley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,613
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2003–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2014
    #398
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2008–2016
    #713
    in 2016
  • France
    2003–2025
    #4,586
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1986–2013
    #239
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ryley

People whose public names include Ryley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ryley in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ryley. Linked forms have their own page here.

Rylee

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ryley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,929
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,182
Best rank ever
#904
2000
Peak year
2007
186 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,856
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,822
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,168
Best rank ever
#1,222
2003
Peak year
2007
186 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,341
Count in 2025
39

Names similar to Ryley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ryley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ryley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ryley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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