Rylee
Masculine · “valiant”
Rylee is given to both — 5,547 boys and 69,010 girls since 1880. See Rylee as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Rylee respells Riley, and the Irish behind it is Ó Raghallaigh — a surname whose root is disputed, though the family that carried it is well documented.
How old is the name Rylee?
Rylee first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Rylee alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 5,500 people named Rylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rylee most popular?
Rylee peaked in 2010, reaching #729 nationally. Today it ranks #1867, 1,138 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
Where it comes from
From Ó Raghallaigh to Rylee
The story of Rylee
The O'Reillys were lords of East Bréifne in Cavan and minted their own coinage in the fifteenth century — the phrase 'the life of Reilly' may descend from their reputation. Riley entered American given-name use for both sexes, and Rylee appears in the registers from the 1990s in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
valiant; rye clearing
Two routes. From the Irish Ó Raghallaigh, whose root raghallach is variously read as 'valiant' or left unexplained. Or from an English place name joining ryge, 'rye', to leah, 'clearing'. Both are documented for the surname and neither is settled.
How the name formed
- Ó Raghallaigh
- Riley
- Rylee
Related forms: Riley · Ryleigh · Ó Raghallaigh
Pronouncing Rylee
RY-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Rylee
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
- 1983
- Most boys named
- 2010314 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #729reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −15.2%84 in 2025, from 99
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.
Rylee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Riley in English — spelling variant
- Ryleigh in English — spelling variant
- Ó Raghallaigh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, California.
Rylees among us
people named Rylee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,334 born in 2025 was named Rylee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Rylee
- #1867
- Rylee on the 2025 chart
- #791
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Rylee went to 84 boys in 2025, but Ryle and Rilee are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 137, which makes it the 791st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,076 places above the chart.
- Rylee84
- Ryle48
- Rilee5
About 1 boy in 12,468 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,334 for Rylee itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dakotah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rylee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dakotah climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dakotah's path sketches the road Rylee is walking now.
Rylee 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 Rylee is headed
Rylee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Rylee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rylee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Irish lordship that minted its own money stands behind it.
- Ry and Lee are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The root is genuinely disputed between Irish and English readings.
- In America the name now reads as more feminine than masculine.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in common use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rylees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,500 people named Rylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Rylee?
- Rylee is the most-used spelling in US records — 84 of the 137 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ryle and Rilee.
- How popular is the name Rylee in 2025?
- Rylee ranks #1867 among US boy names in 2025, with 84 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rylee?
- About 1 in every 20,334 US boys born in 2025 was named Rylee — 84 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rylee with classmates?
- Rylee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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