Ryleigh

What Ryleigh means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ryleigh yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #343 vs #1,197 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ryleigh?

US: Falling: down from #198 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 2,025 girls got the name (#138 that year). First in the US records in 1986.

How common

• About 1 in 1,804 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,381 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland 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 MS (3.37 per 1,000 girls), WV (2.36 per 1,000 girls), AL (1.69 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ryleigh is #343 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Ryleigh were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rayleigh149 US
• Raleigh104 US
• Raeleigh74 US
• Rylei31 US
• Rileigh25 US
• Raileigh8 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 Ryleigh

Girls

• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*

For a brother

• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ryleigh’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.