Ryley

Where Ryley comes from

Variant of Riley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ryley
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #6,262 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Ryley Batt born
    Australian wheelchair rugby player
  3. 1993
    Ryley Barnes born
    volleyball player
  4. 2000
    Peak, #902
    172 babies named Ryley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,975.
  6. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ryley Batt · Australian wheelchair rugby player, born 1989
  • Ryley Barnes · volleyball player, born 1993
  • Ryley Kraft · American soccer player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.