Rylee

What Rylee means

Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”

variant of Riley || From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rylee” (revision 83830684) and “Riley” (revision 94542981), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rylee?

US: Falling: down from #120 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2195 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 2,914 girls got the name (#101 that year). First in the US records in 1980.

How common

• About 1 in 759 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), SD (3.6 per 1,000 girls), MT (3.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rylee is #137 in the US and #983 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.2% of US babies named Rylee were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Riley4,441 US · 270 E&W
• Raylee199 US
• Ryla91 US · 6 E&W
• Raelee59 US
• Ryley39 US · 4 E&W
• Rylei31 US
• Rylah27 US
• Rilee20 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rylee

Girls

• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rylee’s. Rank is US 2025.