Recorded 1986–2025 · United States
Ryleigh was most popular in 2019, when 2,041 American babies were given the name — ranking #342 that year. In 2025 it ranked #715, with 899 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 35,576 people named Ryleigh.
Ryleigh first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1986, which makes it about 39 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 40 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 35,576 American births named Ryleigh between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 35,314 are estimated to be alive today.
899 American babies were named Ryleigh in 2025, ranking #715 that year.
Ryleigh is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,295 births a year, against 1,725 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -25% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ryleigh is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 35,576 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 35,314 Americans named Ryleigh are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 17. That is a narrow band because Ryleigh is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org