Rylee — #125 US unisex name
66,869 babies named Rylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Rylee was born in this single decade.
2,984 babies were named Rylee in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 66,869 babies named Rylee between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rylee currently holds the #125 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 2,984 babies received it in a single year. Rylee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5,461 additional births since 1983.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rylee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28,552 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rylee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,581 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rylee in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rylee 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 66,869 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.
Rylee at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Rylee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2010)
- 2,984
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #125 among girls.
66,869 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 2,984 births in a single year.
Rylee popularity over time — boys
5,461 total births recorded since 1983 (Rylee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rylee accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28,552 births that decade — 43% of Rylee's all-time total
Rylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 28,552 births
- Runner-up 21,953 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rylee's strongest decade
28,552 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Rylee by state
Where Rylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,581 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 5,222 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 3,297 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,239 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 2,809 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 2,466 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,143 | 3.2% |
| #8 | New York | | 2,083 | 3.1% |
5,581 of 66,869 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rylee appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.