# Ryleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryleigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,576 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 437 / 35,139 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 789, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Riley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,647 | 193 |
| 2012 | 1,713 | 183 |
| 2013 | 1,726 | 187 |
| 2014 | 1,757 | 187 |
| 2015 | 1,661 | 198 |
| 2016 | 1,890 | 170 |
| 2017 | 1,858 | 161 |
| 2018 | 1,927 | 145 |
| 2019 | 2,025 | 138 |
| 2020 | 1,761 | 159 |
| 2021 | 1,755 | 164 |
| 2022 | 1,544 | 191 |
| 2023 | 1,186 | 263 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | 302 |
| 2025 | 891 | 344 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,772 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,515 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,841 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,563 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,674 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,052 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,902 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,044 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,754 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,921 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,482 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,856 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,419 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,414 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,545 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 35 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 42 | 853 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2022 | 42 | 839 |
| 2023 | 37 | 941 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | 1,344 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.