The first name Ryleigh
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Variant of Riley.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 27 girls were named Ryleigh, making it the 1,197th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2020, with 42 births (#853).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ryleigh with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Ryleigh at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 891 girls born in the United States were named Ryleigh, the 344th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2019, when 2,025 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Ryleigh mean?
- Variant of Riley.
- How popular is the name Ryleigh?
- In 2025, 27 girls born in England and Wales were named Ryleigh, ranking 1,197th. Its peak was 2020, with 42 births.
- Is Ryleigh a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 35,576 US babies named Ryleigh since 1880 were girls.
- When was Ryleigh most popular?
- 2019 in the United States, when 2,025 babies were named Ryleigh, its highest rank at 138th.