Girls' name · peaked in 2018
Rylie name popularity since 1925
24,485 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rylie (95.0% girls, 5.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2011 or earlier, so the typical Rylie is about 15 years old in 2026. Rylie peaked in 2018 as the #335 name for girls, and it ranked #478 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,485
- Named Rylie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #478
- for girls in 2025 (644 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 95.0% girls
- 23,271 girls · 1,214 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.61× its national share
Peak year is the year Rylie 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.
Rylie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2008. Measured as a share of all babies, Rylie peaked in 2018.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Rylie became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 14,900 baby girls to 1 in 4,390.
- Steepest fall: Between 2018 and 2023, its share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 1,760 to 1 in 2,930.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rylie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rylie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rylie 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 | 50 | 5 | #10,349 |
| 1990s | 1,610 | 163 | #1,290 |
| 2000s | 8,332 | 558 | #338 |
| 2010s | 9,071 | 364 | #388 |
| 2020–25 | 4,208 | 124 | #478 |
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
52.6% of babies named Rylie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Rylie is most popular
The index compares Rylie'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 Rylie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.61× | 499 |
| Arizona | 1.85× | 540 |
| Kansas | 1.77× | 405 |
| Oregon | 1.75× | 369 |
| Colorado | 1.70× | 470 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rylie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rylie (this page) | 23,271 | 2018 |
| Rylee | 69,010 | 2018 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rylie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rylie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rylie (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