Ryley

#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 53.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 172 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,856
since 1981

Ryley over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #1,218, 2003peak #902, 2000girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,78039#3,84828
2024#4,11435#5,06719
2023#3,91138#3,11739
2022#2,89458#2,87344
2021#2,63865#3,12138
2020#2,63164#2,72845
2019#1,919103#2,89742
2018#2,36177#2,67446
2017#2,54669#2,45052
2016#2,03397#1,97573
2015#2,23684#1,67793
2014#2,08193#1,473110
2013#2,00297#1,57898
2012#1,760117#1,237143
2011#1,715121#1,152156
2010#1,489151#1,149161
2009#1,441162#1,074173
2008#1,381173#1,161156
2007#1,308186#1,021186
2006#1,546141#1,116156
2005#1,273176#1,042160
2004#1,294165#1,007164
2003#1,218174#1,069145
2002#1,444132#985160
2001#1,468128#912171
2000#1,75999#902172
1999#1,416124#1,019136
1998#1,75190#1,072122
1997#2,00271#993130
1996#2,42353#1,006124
1995#3,08737#1,21391
1994#3,03838#1,36273
1993#3,58530#1,53959
1992#6,31414#1,69750
1991#5,65916#1,48259
1990#11,4096#1,54754
1989—#2,78422
1988#10,3866#2,59922
1987—#2,27225
1986#8,5237#3,44013
1985—#2,50420
1984#10,4225#4,9737
1983—#4,4998
1982—#5,6196
1981—#6,2625
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five boys were named Ryley! It came in at #6,262, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981–1982, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Ryley is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNHWashington: #490 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,750 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #356 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,655 boysMNIllinois: #682 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,685 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedWIMichigan: #975 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,687 boysMINew York: #1,641 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,317 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedINOhio: #583 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,204 boysOHPennsylvania: #932 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,836 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #970 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 14,393 boysCAUtah: #500 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,534 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedWVVirginia: #788 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,156 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedDEArizona: #644 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,305 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #799 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,414 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedALGeorgia: #924 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,264 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ryley, so not publishedHITexas: #1,083 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,328 boysTXFlorida: #977 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,227 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#356 · 1 in 2,655
  2. Washington#490 · 1 in 3,750
  3. Utah#500 · 1 in 3,534
  4. Ohio#583 · 1 in 6,204
  5. Arizona#644 · 1 in 6,305

Best ever in a state: #174 in Maine, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#356111 in 2,655
Washington#49091 in 3,750
Utah#50061 in 3,534
Ohio#583111 in 6,204
Arizona#64461 in 6,305
Illinois#682121 in 6,685
Virginia#78851 in 8,156
North Carolina#79961 in 8,414
Georgia#92461 in 9,264
Pennsylvania#93251 in 12,836
California#970171 in 14,393
Michigan#97551 in 11,687
Florida#97781 in 11,227
Texas#1,083121 in 14,328
New York#1,64151 in 22,317
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ryley
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,219 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #3,848)
  • 1,120 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #3,848)
  • 2,171 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 117 spots in 2000 (#1,019 → #902)
  • Biggest drop: 84 spots in 2003 (#985 → #1,069)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 2000 at #902 (172 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2000–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,158
  • Highest: 1 in 11,158 boys born in 2007 were named Ryley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #902 in 2000, was only 1 in 11,419 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 42.6% of all boys named Ryley (1,643) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s128#2,272 (1987)#3,884
1990s898#993 (1997)#1,293
2000s1,643#902 (2000)#1,029
2010s974#1,149 (2010)#1,826
2020s213#2,728 (2020)#3,459

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ryley in 2001

girls
#1,468
128 births · 1 in 14,067 girls
boys
#912
171 births · 1 in 11,362 boys

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #1,468Ryley128

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #912Ryley171
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 14,067 of them was named Ryley, which outranked 91.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ryley
  1. #1,458Siena129
  2. #1,458Terri129
  3. #1,458Tyana129
  4. #1,468Ryley128
  5. #1,468Deandra128
  6. #1,468Hattie128
  7. #1,468Isela128
  8. #1,476Alaya127
  9. #1,476Cailyn127
  10. #1,476Charlee127

Tied with 7 names at #1,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 11,362 of them was named Ryley, which outranked 92.6% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ryley
  1. #908Alijah172
  2. #908Jakobe172
  3. #908Neal172
  4. #912Ryley171
  5. #912Amos171
  6. #912Jeff171
  7. #912Kasey171
  8. #918Mitchel170
  9. #918Nash170
  10. #918Vance170

Tied with 5 names at #912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →