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Ryleigh

Ryleigh: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“rye clearing”
Origin
Old English
Say it
RYE-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Modern spelling variant of Riley, from an English surname and place name. The surname derives from Old English elements referring to rye and a clearing or meadow.

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How popular is Ryleigh?

2024316 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ryleigh in 20241,051

2024 rank#302 girls

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 188034,671

Ryleigh has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Ryleigh

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Rileyvaliant · Irish
  • Ryleerye clearing · English
  • Rylierye clearing · Irish
  • Rhyleevariant spelling of Riley · American (modern coinage)
  • Ryleyrye clearing · Old English
  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English

Ryleigh questions

What does the name Ryleigh mean?

Ryleigh means "rye clearing". It comes from Old English. Modern spelling variant of Riley, from an English surname and place name. The surname derives from Old English elements referring to rye and a clearing or meadow.

Is Ryleigh a boy or girl name?

Ryleigh is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ryleigh?

1,051 US babies were named Ryleigh in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Ryleigh?

Ryleigh is usually pronounced RYE-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.