Rylee
Rylee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rylee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rylee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rylee
As a girl name
Rylee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1980, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 2,984 births, good for #102 nationwide. About 40% of every Rylee on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rylee ranks #139 for girls with 2,137 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 71K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Rylee on the record books as a boy name in 1983, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 314 Rylees were born — ranking #729 that year. About 40% of every Rylee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rylee ranks #1,730 for boys with 97 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rylee
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About the name Rylee
Rylee is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 71K births in the dataset. Rylee's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #98. Use the chart and map above to compare Rylee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.