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How popular is the name Ryleigh?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ryleighs are alive today.

Ryleigh (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 27 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 42 babies were given the name, the 853rd most popular that year. Ryleigh is one spelling of a name also recorded as Rylie; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Ryleigh you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Ryleighs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 880 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ryleigh - on average, only one in every 358 such rooms contains a Ryleigh.

How many babies are named Ryleigh each year?

Includes all spellings: Ryleigh, Rylie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0204060200020201998: 32001: 62002: 72003: 72004: 162005: 222006: 242007: 182008: 332009: 312010: 182011: 352012: 242013: 192014: 272015: 302016: 492017: 432018: 502019: 602020: 632021: 572022: 572023: 552024: 582025: 48actual

Where does the Ryleigh spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 3,8482001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 3,4092003: ranked 3,5942004: ranked 2,2782005: ranked 2,2472006: ranked 1,7482007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 1,3912009: ranked 1,4112010: ranked 2,1042011: ranked 1,2252012: ranked 1,6492013: ranked 2,3132014: ranked 1,7982015: ranked 1,7832016: ranked 1,0862017: ranked 1,0212018: ranked 1,1112019: ranked 9202020: ranked 8532021: ranked 1,0392022: ranked 8392023: ranked 9412024: ranked 1,0652025: ranked 1,197

Where does the Rylie spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 2,2782005: ranked 1,6902006: ranked 1,9832007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 1,9142009: ranked 2,1482010: ranked 3,5332011: ranked 2,6362012: ranked 3,6812013: ranked 2,8872014: ranked 2,3142015: ranked 1,9612016: ranked 1,7492017: ranked 2,9252018: ranked 1,5862019: ranked 1,4392020: ranked 1,4492021: ranked 1,3112022: ranked 1,8492023: ranked 1,6402024: ranked 1,2622025: ranked 1,454

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ryleigh per year in England and Wales, 1998 to 2025, peaking at about 63 in 2020
Ryleigh: births per year in England and Wales, 1998-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ryleigh most popular?

Ryleigh peaked in 2020, when 63 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Ryleigh?

At least 880 people named Ryleigh in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ryleigh?

Most living Ryleighs are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 6.

Is Ryleigh becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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