How rare is the name Ryleigh?

23,525 people in the United States have the first name Ryleigh, about 1 in 12,839. It ranks #1,442 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RYLEIGH

#1,442

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,525
About
1 in 12,839
This common or more
74.7%
Who bears it

Of the 23,525 people named Ryleigh, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 11% as Black and 6% as two or more races. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ryleigh peaked in 2019, when 2,041 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19862025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
2,041
In 2025*
899 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 35,576 babies have been given the name since 1986. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ryleigh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #395. The largest share of babies named Ryleigh, 59.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#23,51813
1990s#3,038823
2000s#7308,416
2010s#39518,072
2020s#4808,252
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1239.6%
2013 and later59.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ryleigh is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryleigh has been most common in South Carolina (2×), Alabama (2×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in North Dakota (0.35×).

34,073 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ryleigh

#1,440 Fabiola · 23,548#1,441 Larissa · 23,539#1,443 Evangeline · 23,505#1,444 Kali · 23,482

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ryleigh, most common first.

#22,112 Ryliegh · 453

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