Girls' name · since 2002
Rhyleigh
664 babies named Rhyleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 664
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
664 babies have been named Rhyleigh since 2002, making it today's #4953 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyleigh has been recorded 664 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #4953 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #9,872 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 664 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyleigh ranks #9,872 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 664 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 664
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhyleigh's 664 recorded births place it above 86.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Rhyleigh compares
664 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rhyleigh's all-time total is 77% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhyleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 664 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhyleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhyleigh's full recorded timeline at 2014, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 56 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhyleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Rhyleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (368 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Rhyleigh's strongest decade.
368 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rhyleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 93
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
368 births
- 2020s
2020s
203 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 368 births (55% of all-time use).
How Rhyleigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rhyleigh's total volume
Rhyleigh by state
Where Rhyleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 62 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 20 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 17 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 17 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 1.5% |
62 of 664 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rhyleigh's data
- Rhyleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (368 total births) through the 2020s (203) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Rhyleighs (62 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rhyleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rhyleigh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.