Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Ryleigh name popularity since 1925
35,576 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ryleigh (98.8% girls, 1.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Ryleigh is about 12 years old in 2026. Ryleigh peaked in 2019 as the #138 name for girls, and it ranked #344 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,576
- Named Ryleigh, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #344
- for girls in 2025 (891 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% girls
- 35,139 girls · 437 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.03× its national share
Peak year is the year Ryleigh 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.
Ryleigh births per year, 1925–2025
2019 was the biggest year for Ryleigh both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Ryleigh became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 11,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,210.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 918 to 1 in 1,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ryleigh's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ryleigh.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ryleigh 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 | 13 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 807 | 16 | #2,237 |
| 2000s | 8,261 | 155 | #351 |
| 2010s | 17,881 | 191 | #198 |
| 2020–25 | 8,177 | 75 | #344 |
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
59.6% of babies named Ryleigh from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Ryleigh is most popular
The index compares Ryleigh'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 Ryleigh.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.03× | 979 |
| Alabama | 2.02× | 1,234 |
| Mississippi | 2.00× | 837 |
| Georgia | 1.97× | 1,874 |
| Louisiana | 1.84× | 1,136 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ryleigh 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ryleigh (this page) | 35,139 | 2019 |
| Rileigh | 3,832 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ryleigh's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ryleigh.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ryleigh (2019).
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