Girls' name · since 2001
Ryleah
Ryleah has 111 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ryleah is the #14022 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 111 recorded since 2001.
Ryleah has 111 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14022 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #25,997 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,022 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ryleah ranks #25,997 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,022 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ryleah's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ryleah compares
111 27th percentile among 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
Ryleah's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ryleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ryleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ryleah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ryleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ryleah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Ryleah's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ryleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ryleah's data
- Ryleah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ryleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Ryleah 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.