Unisex name ★ peaked 2010

Rylee

Gender Unisex · 93% girls Rank 2025 #137 Trend ↓ Falling 18%

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Riley.

Rank 2025
#137
among girls · ↓12 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,202
named Rylee · -6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 759
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2010
3,298 babies
All-time total
74,557
#483 all-time among girls
First recorded
1980
in Social Security records

Rylee popularity over time

74,557 babies have been named Rylee since 1980, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s – – – – – –
1980s 201 32 233 23 – #2,473
1990s 3,600 547 4,147 415 +1680% #333
2000s 21,953 2,274 24,227 2,423 +484% #116
2010s 28,559 2,020 30,579 3,058 +26% #100
2020s (to 2025) 14,697 674 15,371 2,562 -16% #97

Where Rylee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,050 1.28 #144
2027 1,995 1.24 #148
2028 1,948 1.21 #155
2029 1,910 1.19 #157
2030 1,878 1.17 #158

Where Rylee is most popular

Girls named Rylee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.48 per 1,000. Strongest in Montana, South Dakota, and Delaware.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Rylee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Montana 66 4.88 +230%
South Dakota 68 4.76 +222%
Delaware 50 4.41 +198%
North Dakota 51 3.88 +162%
West Virginia 100 3.82 +158%
Wyoming 15 3.52 +138%
Idaho 109 3.26 +120%
New Hampshire 59 3.20 +116%
Kentucky 269 3.15 +113%
New Mexico 73 3.00 +103%
Hawaii 33 2.88 +95%
Alabama 269 2.87 +94%
Mississippi 134 2.86 +94%
Maine 44 2.84 +92%
Arkansas 146 2.76 +87%
Kansas 159 2.76 +86%
Nebraska 97 2.70 +82%
Alaska 23 2.67 +81%
Wisconsin 275 2.67 +81%
Oklahoma 188 2.55 +73%
Minnesota 273 2.53 +71%
South Carolina 225 2.50 +69%
Tennessee 389 2.46 +66%
Missouri 293 2.43 +64%
Iowa 140 2.40 +62%
Louisiana 208 2.38 +61%
Ohio 562 2.37 +60%
Georgia 514 2.26 +53%
Michigan 405 2.22 +50%
Nevada 103 2.22 +50%
Oregon 132 2.03 +37%
Indiana 283 2.02 +36%
North Carolina 449 1.97 +33%
Utah 159 1.91 +29%
Pennsylvania 430 1.82 +23%
Connecticut 104 1.79 +21%
Washington 258 1.79 +21%
Rhode Island 22 1.76 +19%
Maryland 186 1.76 +19%
Colorado 193 1.73 +17%
Virginia 293 1.72 +16%
Florida 720 1.68 +14%
Arizona 229 1.63 +10%
Illinois 322 1.41 -5%
New Jersey 238 1.32 -11%
New York 517 1.31 -12%
Massachusetts 156 1.29 -13%
District of Columbia 15 1.27 -14%
Texas 1,009 1.25 -15%
California 905 1.08 -27%
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Rylee

Rylee is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #137 in 2025 with 2,118 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1980, 74,557 American babies have been named Rylee, about 93% girls and 7% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2010, when 3,298 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Rylee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Rylee?

The median living Rylee is about 13 years old; half are between 7 and 19. An estimated 74 thousand people named Rylee are alive in the United States today.

median 13 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Rylee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,118 #137 84 #1,885
2024 2,237 #125 99 #1,696
2023 2,338 #118 117 #1,516
2022 2,585 #107 115 #1,557
2021 2,718 #97 132 #1,392
2020 2,701 #102 127 #1,383
2019 2,779 #100 104 #1,602
2018 2,914 #101 112 #1,526
2017 2,863 #104 126 #1,400
2016 2,969 #105 167 #1,154
2015 2,694 #120 174 #1,108
2014 2,779 #113 247 #880
2013 2,901 #109 211 #947
2012 2,799 #109 257 #840
2011 2,877 #102 308 #735
2010 2,984 #102 314 #731
2009 2,829 #118 279 #799
2008 2,936 #116 311 #737
2007 2,627 #130 268 #802
2006 2,600 #135 259 #796
2005 2,521 #128 259 #767
2004 2,375 #136 233 #781
2003 2,018 #167 205 #846
2002 1,615 #202 172 #937
2001 1,330 #240 154 #995
2000 1,102 #290 134 #1,069
1995 309 #690 33 #2,390
1990 82 #1,777 19 #3,283
1985 16 #4,811 6 #6,384
1980 7 #8,857 – –
1975 – – – –
1970 – – – –
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1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
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1890 – – – –
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1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Rylee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Rylee?

The median living Rylee is about 13 years old. Half of all living Rylees are between 7 and 19 years old.

How many people named Rylee are alive today?

An estimated 74 thousand people named Rylee are alive in the United States, based on 74,557 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Rylee mean?

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Riley.

How popular is the name Rylee in 2025?

Rylee ranked #137 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,118 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Rylee?

74,557 babies have been named Rylee in the United States since 1980, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Rylee most popular?

Rylee peaked in 2010, when 3,298 newborns received the name.

Is Rylee a boy or girl name?

Rylee is used for both: about 93% of babies named Rylee have been girls and 7% boys.

Is the name Rylee rising or falling?

Rylee has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Rylee become more popular?

Rylee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,878 girls named Rylee in 2030, which would rank around #158. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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