Ryleigh
- #343 for girls in 2025, 891 births
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to girls 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 2,025 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,139since 1986
Ryleigh over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ryleigh has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #343 | 891 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #302 | 1,040 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #263 | 1,186 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #191 | 1,544 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #164 | 1,755 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #159 | 1,761 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #138 | 2,025 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #145 | 1,927 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #161 | 1,858 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #170 | 1,890 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #198 | 1,661 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #187 | 1,757 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #187 | 1,726 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #183 | 1,713 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #193 | 1,647 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #185 | 1,677 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #242 | 1,384 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #265 | 1,289 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #302 | 1,126 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #328 | 1,007 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #351 | 899 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #411 | 743 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #478 | 615 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #495 | 560 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #677 | 369 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #832 | 269 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #953 | 217 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #1,141 | 166 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,206 | 149 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #1,767 | 84 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five girls were named Ryleigh! It came in at #9,545, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ryleigh 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#63 · 1 in 297
- West Virginia#124 · 1 in 423
- Alabama#143 · 1 in 591
- Louisiana#152 · 1 in 606
- Tennessee#177 · 1 in 746
Best ever in a state: #17 in Mississippi, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #63 | 30 | 1 in 297 |
| West Virginia | #124 | 12 | 1 in 423 |
| Alabama | #143 | 31 | 1 in 591 |
| Louisiana | #152 | 27 | 1 in 606 |
| Tennessee | #177 | 43 | 1 in 746 |
| Kentucky | #185 | 25 | 1 in 690 |
| South Carolina | #198 | 24 | 1 in 762 |
| Oklahoma | #206 | 19 | 1 in 778 |
| Georgia | #208 | 51 | 1 in 886 |
| Virginia | #212 | 39 | 1 in 865 |
| North Carolina | #216 | 50 | 1 in 930 |
| Michigan | #219 | 41 | 1 in 871 |
| New Hampshire | #236 | 5 | 1 in 759 |
| Pennsylvania | #264 | 41 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Maryland | #283 | 18 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Florida | #297 | 63 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Connecticut | #298 | 10 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Indiana | #317 | 22 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Ohio | #336 | 33 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Missouri | #350 | 17 | 1 in 1,429 |
| Massachusetts | #353 | 16 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Texas | #402 | 83 | 1 in 1,934 |
| New Jersey | #422 | 18 | 1 in 1,972 |
| New York | #452 | 38 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Illinois | #709 | 13 | 1 in 3,410 |
| California | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,901 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
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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 Ryleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 184 spots since 2020 (#159 → #343)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1999
- Biggest drop: 72 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2019 at #138 (2,025 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 829
- Highest: 1 in 829 girls born in 2019 were named Ryleigh (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,804 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 50.9% of all girls named Ryleigh (17,881) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #9,545 (1986) | #9,613 |
| 1990s | 807 | #953 (1999) | #2,992 |
| 2000s | 8,261 | #242 (2009) | #438 |
| 2010s | 17,881 | #138 (2019) | #175 |
| 2020s | 8,177 | #159 (2020) | #237 |
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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