Ryelee — #16160 US unisex name
283 babies named Ryelee in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Ryelee was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ryelee in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ryelee
The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Ryelee between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ryelee currently holds the #16160 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Ryelee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryelee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ryelee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ryelee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 283 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ryelee at a glance
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Current rank
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Ryelee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #16160 among girls.
283 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 20 births in a single year.
Ryelee popularity over time — boys
57 total births recorded since 2003 (Ryelee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ryelee accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ryelee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 129 births that decade — 46% of Ryelee's all-time total
Ryelee decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ryelee's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.