Rylee
- #137 for girls in 2025, 2,118 births
- #1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
- Given to girls 92.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 2,718 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 69,010since 1980
Rylee over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #137 | 2,118 | #1,867 | 84 |
| 2024 | #125 | 2,237 | #1,685 | 99 |
| 2023 | #118 | 2,338 | #1,508 | 117 |
| 2022 | #107 | 2,585 | #1,551 | 115 |
| 2021 | #97 | 2,718 | #1,383 | 132 |
| 2020 | #102 | 2,701 | #1,378 | 127 |
| 2019 | #100 | 2,779 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #101 | 2,914 | #1,521 | 112 |
| 2017 | #104 | 2,863 | #1,393 | 126 |
| 2016 | #105 | 2,969 | #1,149 | 167 |
| 2015 | #120 | 2,694 | #1,105 | 174 |
| 2014 | #113 | 2,779 | #877 | 247 |
| 2013 | #109 | 2,901 | #943 | 211 |
| 2012 | #109 | 2,799 | #840 | 257 |
| 2011 | #102 | 2,877 | #735 | 308 |
| 2010 | #102 | 2,984 | #729 | 314 |
| 2009 | #118 | 2,829 | #798 | 279 |
| 2008 | #116 | 2,936 | #736 | 311 |
| 2007 | #130 | 2,627 | #801 | 268 |
| 2006 | #135 | 2,600 | #794 | 259 |
| 2005 | #128 | 2,521 | #764 | 259 |
| 2004 | #136 | 2,375 | #778 | 233 |
| 2003 | #167 | 2,018 | #845 | 205 |
| 2002 | #201 | 1,615 | #930 | 172 |
| 2001 | #240 | 1,330 | #992 | 154 |
| 2000 | #290 | 1,102 | #1,066 | 134 |
| 1999 | #333 | 906 | #1,106 | 120 |
| 1998 | #384 | 724 | #1,133 | 110 |
| 1997 | #420 | 624 | #1,198 | 99 |
| 1996 | #602 | 380 | #1,638 | 59 |
| 1995 | #690 | 309 | #2,346 | 33 |
| 1994 | #908 | 210 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #1,054 | 174 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #1,377 | 120 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #1,958 | 71 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #1,769 | 82 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #2,442 | 47 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five girls were named Rylee! It came in at #8,178, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Rylee is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#64 · 1 in 307
- Oklahoma#72 · 1 in 344
- Wyoming#79 · 1 in 162
- Wisconsin#79 · 1 in 355
- Kentucky#81 · 1 in 352
Best ever in a state: #15 in South Dakota, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #64 | 29 | 1 in 307 |
| Oklahoma | #72 | 43 | 1 in 344 |
| Wisconsin | #79 | 57 | 1 in 355 |
| Wyoming | #79 | 5 | 1 in 162 |
| Kentucky | #81 | 49 | 1 in 352 |
| Ohio | #82 | 112 | 1 in 422 |
| Minnesota | #83 | 59 | 1 in 364 |
| South Dakota | #84 | 11 | 1 in 277 |
| Missouri | #85 | 63 | 1 in 386 |
| Tennessee | #85 | 81 | 1 in 396 |
| Nebraska | #90 | 22 | 1 in 323 |
| Montana | #91 | 10 | 1 in 283 |
| Idaho | #94 | 21 | 1 in 341 |
| Alabama | #95 | 45 | 1 in 407 |
| Nevada | #95 | 21 | 1 in 438 |
| Michigan | #100 | 78 | 1 in 458 |
| Louisiana | #106 | 37 | 1 in 442 |
| Georgia | #109 | 84 | 1 in 538 |
| South Carolina | #109 | 39 | 1 in 469 |
| Arkansas | #112 | 25 | 1 in 424 |
| Oregon | #113 | 30 | 1 in 435 |
| New Mexico | #130 | 11 | 1 in 425 |
| North Carolina | #134 | 74 | 1 in 628 |
| Florida | #135 | 133 | 1 in 652 |
| Kansas | #136 | 23 | 1 in 513 |
| Maryland | #136 | 34 | 1 in 588 |
| Utah | #136 | 33 | 1 in 517 |
| Delaware | #140 | 6 | 1 in 376 |
| Indiana | #145 | 46 | 1 in 607 |
| Iowa | #147 | 22 | 1 in 535 |
| New Hampshire | #149 | 8 | 1 in 475 |
| Pennsylvania | #152 | 72 | 1 in 648 |
| Maine | #153 | 7 | 1 in 445 |
| Washington | #158 | 45 | 1 in 641 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 450 |
| Hawaii | #168 | 5 | 1 in 429 |
| Connecticut | #175 | 18 | 1 in 639 |
| Virginia | #175 | 46 | 1 in 734 |
| New York | #180 | 90 | 1 in 870 |
| New Jersey | #186 | 44 | 1 in 807 |
| Texas | #193 | 172 | 1 in 933 |
| Illinois | #194 | 52 | 1 in 852 |
| Massachusetts | #196 | 28 | 1 in 858 |
| Arizona | #219 | 31 | 1 in 910 |
| Colorado | #223 | 28 | 1 in 833 |
| California | #228 | 148 | 1 in 1,093 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rylee
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 35 spots since 2020 (#102 → #137)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 12 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2021 at #97 (2,718 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 2019–2021
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 584
- Highest: 1 in 584 girls born in 2018 were named Rylee (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 759 girls born in 2025 (0.13%)
- Its best rank, #97 in 2021, was only 1 in 604 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 41.4% of all girls named Rylee (28,559) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 201 | #2,442 (1989) | #5,352 |
| 1990s | 3,600 | #333 (1999) | #950 |
| 2000s | 21,953 | #116 (2008) | #166 |
| 2010s | 28,559 | #100 (2019) | #107 |
| 2020s | 14,697 | #97 (2021) | #114 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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