NameTides

Ryle

Ryle was the #2,676 boys' name in the US in 2025 (48 babies), and #2,269 in Canada.

Ryle as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ryle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Ryle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,676 (48)—#2,269 (8)
2024#4,072 (26)—#2,439 (7)
2023#3,802 (29)—#1,947 (9)
2022#4,850 (20)——
2021#5,338 (17)—#1,761 (10)
2020#4,426 (22)—#2,431 (6)
2019#5,340 (17)——
2018#6,703 (12)——
2017#5,111 (18)——
2016#5,555 (16)—#2,428 (6)
2015#12,086 (5)——
2014#5,733 (15)—#2,667 (5)
2013#5,923 (14)#3,822 (4)—
2012#5,482 (16)——
2011#7,009 (11)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,676.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.
  • In 2014, 29% of US babies named Ryle were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ryle is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 47,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ryle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ryle (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RyleCanadaBoys#2,2698
RyleEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RyleNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RyleUSGirls—too few
RyleUSBoys#2,67648