How popular is the name Rylee?

Rylee ranks 357th among girls' names in US records, with 107,001 births since 1980. Over the past decade it accounts for 43,419.

Is Rylee a unisex name?

No. Rylee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2010, when 4,661 children were given the name. It has been in use for 45 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ryleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#357 of girl names

Pronounced R IH1 L IY0 (ARPABET)

Rylee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1980. It has been given to 107,001 children — the 357th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2010, when 4,661 children were given it.

Ryleigh is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2010Girls: 4,661Boys: 329

These spellings sound identical to Rylee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Rylee?: Rylee ranks 357th among girls' names in US records, with 107,001 births since 1980. Over the past decade it accounts for 43,419.
Is Rylee a unisex name?: No. Rylee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rylee most popular?: 2010, when 4,661 children were given the name. It has been in use for 45 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rylee spelled?: Ryleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.