Girl & boy name
Rylee
Rylee holds the #137 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 2,118 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #102 in 2020 to #137 today. Its strongest year on record was 2021 (#97 nationally, 2,718 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1980. The name's biggest fan base is in Mississippi (#64 there in 2025).
Rankings
Rylee popularity, 1880–2025
Where Rylee is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Rylee in the most recent year of SSA data.
Rylee as a boy name
Rylee is currently the #1867 boy name in the United States, based on 2025 Social Security data. In raw numbers: 84 babies. It has drifted down the charts over the past five years, from #1378 to #1867. Looking at the full record since 1983, Rylee hit its all-time high of #729 in 2010, when 314 boys were given the name. State by state, Kentucky leads the way at #708.