Rhylee
Feminine · “rye clearing”
Rhylee is given to both — 2,504 girls and 262 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Rhylee respells Riley — the rye clearing, or the Irish Ó Raghallaigh — and the two ancestries have never been separated.
How old is the name Rhylee?
Rhylee first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Rhylee is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,500 people named Rhylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rhylee most popular?
Rhylee peaked in 2019, reaching #1079 nationally. Today it ranks #2173, 1,094 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ryge leah to Rhylee
The story of Rhylee
Ryeley in Lancashire is the rye clearing, and Ó Raghallaigh was a Cavan sept anglicized as Reilly and Riley. Both reached America and merged in the records. Riley became a unisex given name and rose fast for girls. Rhylee appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
rye clearing; or valiant
Two routes. From the Old English ryge, 'rye', and leah, 'clearing' — an English place name. Or from the Irish Ó Raghallaigh, from an uncertain root sometimes read as 'valiant'. Both are attested for the surname and neither dominates. The Rhy- respelling is modern.
How the name formed
- ryge leah
- Riley
- Rhylee
Related forms: Riley · Rylee · Ó Raghallaigh
Pronouncing Rhylee
RY-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Rhylee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most girls named
- 2019233 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1079reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −12.4%85 in 2025, from 97
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rhylee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Riley in English — spelling variant
- Rylee in English — spelling variant
- Ó Raghallaigh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.
Rhylees among us
people named Rhylee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,909 born in 2025 was named Rhylee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Delanie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rhylee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Delanie climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Delanie's path sketches the road Rhylee is walking now.
Rhylee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Rhylee is headed
Rhylee is easing off slowly — about 24% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Rhylee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rhylee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The rye-clearing meaning is concrete where the English route holds.
- Lee is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- At least five spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- The origin is genuinely split between two routes.
- The Rh- spelling suggests Welsh, which is not the source.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rhylees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Rhylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rhylee in 2025?
- Rhylee ranks #2173 among US girl names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rhylee?
- About 1 in every 18,909 US girls born in 2025 was named Rhylee — 85 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rhylee with classmates?
- Rhylee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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