Girls' name · peaked in 2018
Rylee name popularity since 1925
74,557 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rylee (92.6% girls, 7.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Rylee is about 14 years old in 2026. Rylee peaked in 2018 as the #101 name for girls, and it ranked #137 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 74,557
- Named Rylee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #137
- for girls in 2025 (2,118 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 92.6% girls
- 69,010 girls · 5,547 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.98× its national share
Peak year is the year Rylee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rylee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2010. Measured as a share of all babies, Rylee peaked in 2018.
- Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Rylee became 5.5× more common, from 1 in 15,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,790.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Rylee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rylee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rylee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 201 | 32 | #4,811 |
| 1990s | 3,600 | 547 | #690 |
| 2000s | 21,953 | 2,274 | #128 |
| 2010s | 28,559 | 2,020 | #120 |
| 2020–25 | 14,697 | 674 | #137 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
48.8% of babies named Rylee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Rylee is most popular
The index compares Rylee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rylee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.98× | 1,849 |
| Idaho | 2.67× | 774 |
| Nevada | 2.62× | 679 |
| Montana | 1.95× | 414 |
| Arizona | 1.89× | 1,787 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rylee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rylee (this page) | 69,010 | 2018 |
| Rylie | 23,271 | 2018 |
| Rilee | 3,324 | 2010 |
| Rhylee | 2,504 | 2019 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rylee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rylee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rylee (2018).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data