# Ryley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryley/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,197 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,856 / 3,341 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,149, 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 | 121 | 1,720 |
| 2012 | 117 | 1,773 |
| 2013 | 97 | 2,017 |
| 2014 | 93 | 2,090 |
| 2015 | 84 | 2,254 |
| 2016 | 97 | 2,050 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,565 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,383 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,931 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,654 |
| 2021 | 65 | 2,670 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,924 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,971 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,196 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,823 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 156 | 1,154 |
| 2012 | 143 | 1,242 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,586 |
| 2014 | 110 | 1,482 |
| 2015 | 93 | 1,690 |
| 2016 | 73 | 1,987 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,481 |
| 2018 | 46 | 2,701 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,931 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,748 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,167 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,908 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,167 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,212 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,930 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 232 | 213 |
| 2012 | 219 | 235 |
| 2013 | 107 | 379 |
| 2014 | 80 | 489 |
| 2015 | 52 | 656 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 30 | 993 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## 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.