Rylei — #3203 US unisex name
1,277 babies named Rylei in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Rylei was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Rylei in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rylei
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,277 babies named Rylei between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rylei currently holds the #3203 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 82 babies received it in a single year. Rylei is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 68 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rylei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 666 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rylei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rylei in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rylei 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 1,277 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.
Rylei at a glance
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Current rank
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Rylei popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2018)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #3203 among girls.
1,277 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 82 births in a single year.
Rylei popularity over time — boys
68 total births recorded since 2005 (Rylei as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rylei accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rylei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 666 births that decade — 52% of Rylei's all-time total
Rylei decade highlights
- Peak decade 666 births
- Runner-up 305 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rylei's strongest decade
666 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Rylei by state
Where Rylei concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 85 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 57 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 43 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 42 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 27 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 26 | 2.0% |
| #7 | California | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 22 | 1.7% |
85 of 1,277 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rylei appears in 14 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, 1998–2024 (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.