Rylee Girl
How popular is Rylee?
#137 girl name in 2025
2,118 baby girls were named Rylee in the US in 2025, making it the 137th most popular girl name. Another 84 boys got the name (#1,867 for boys).
Rylee popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #137 for girls (▼ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,118 girls, 84 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #120 in 2015, #102 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (2,984 girls) |
| Highest rank | #97 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rylee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Riley family of names ranked #17 for girls in 2025 (#16 the year before), with 8,189 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Riley | 4,441 | 54% |
| Rylee | 2,118 | 26% |
| Ryleigh | 891 | 11% |
| Rylie | 644 | 8% |
| Rilee | 20 | 0% |
| Ryley | 39 | 0% |
| Rileigh | 25 | 0% |
| Ryli | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rylee is most popular
Babies named Rylee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 4.9 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- South Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Delaware: 4.4 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- North Dakota: 3.9 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- West Virginia: 3.8 per 1,000 (100 girls)
Rylee by decade
Girl names about as popular as Rylee
Questions
- Is Rylee a boy or girl name?
- Rylee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Rylee were girls.
- How popular is the name Rylee?
- 2,118 baby girls were named Rylee in the US in 2025, making it the 137th most popular girl name. Another 84 boys got the name (#1,867 for boys).
- When was Rylee most popular?
- Rylee peaked in 2010, when 2,984 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #97 in 2021.
- How many people are named Rylee?
- 74,557 babies have been named Rylee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 74,027 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Rylee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rylee was most common in Montana, at 4.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.