Girls' name · since 1991
Rylea
Rylea has 1,103 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,103
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rylea currently ranks #8083 among girls' names in America, with 1,103 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rylea has been recorded 1,103 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #8083 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #7,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,083 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,103 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rylea ranks #7,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,083 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,103 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,103
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rylea's 1,103 recorded births place it above 90.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Rylea compares
1,103 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Rylea's all-time total is 193% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rylea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,103 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 73 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rylea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rylea's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 73, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Rylea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (500 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Rylea's strongest decade.
500 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Rylea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 133
1990s
133 births
- 2000s
2000s
500 births
- 2010s
2010s
403 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 500 births (45% of all-time use).
How Rylea 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 Rylea's total volume
Rylea by state
Where Rylea concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 101 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 22 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | West Virginia | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.5% |
101 of 1,103 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Rylea appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rylea's data
- Rylea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (500 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ryleas (101 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 Rylea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Rylea 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.