NameTides

Ryleigh

Ryleigh was the #343 girls' name in the US in 2025 (891 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Ryleigh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ryleigh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Ryleigh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#343 (891)#1,197 (27)#429 (7)—#381 (10)#935 (29)
2024#302 (1,040)#1,065 (32)#476 (6)#407 (3)#736 (4)#457 (66)
2023#263 (1,186)#941 (37)#395 (8)#328 (4)#727 (4)#586 (49)
2022#191 (1,544)#839 (42)#470 (6)—#420 (9)#423 (71)
2021#164 (1,755)#1,039 (33)#396 (8)#350 (4)#430 (9)#330 (98)
2020#159 (1,761)#853 (42)#399 (8)#333 (4)#410 (9)#334 (94)
2019#138 (2,025)#920 (39)#406 (8)#424 (3)#421 (9)#365 (88)
2018#145 (1,927)#1,111 (31)——#568 (6)#381 (86)
2017#161 (1,858)#1,021 (35)#808 (3)—#471 (8)#370 (90)
2016#170 (1,890)#1,086 (32)#383 (9)—#868 (3)#384 (90)
2015#198 (1,661)#1,783 (16)#806 (3)——#411 (83)
2014#187 (1,757)#1,798 (16)#681 (4)——#376 (89)
2013#187 (1,726)#2,313 (11)——#747 (4)#392 (83)
2012#183 (1,713)#1,649 (18)#580 (5)——#408 (77)
2011#193 (1,647)#1,225 (26)———#472 (67)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #138.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ryleigh is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ryleigh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #219MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #317INOhio: #336OHPennsylvania: #264PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #878CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #212VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #177TNNorth Carolina: #216NCSouth Carolina: #198SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #206OKLouisiana: #152LAMississippi: #63MSAlabama: #143ALGeorgia: #208GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #402TXFlorida: #297FL
Ryleigh (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25748

Ryleigh (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RyleighCanadaGirls#93529
RyleighEngland & WalesGirls#1,19727
RyleighEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
RyleighIrelandGirls#38110
RyleighIrelandBoys—too few
RyleighNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RyleighNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RyleighScotlandGirls#4297
RyleighUSGirls#343891
RyleighUSBoys#8,9108