Rhylee
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,173 for girls
Rhylee is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Rhylee mean?
Irish: creative spelling of Riley
Riley comes both from an Irish surname, Ó Raghallaigh, and an English place name meaning 'rye clearing'.
Is Rhylee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rhylee has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 85 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Rhylee in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rhylee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 44% of the babies named Rhylee in the UK were girls.
Rhylee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Rhylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,173rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Rhylee, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,334th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 233 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 5 boys were also named Rhylee in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Rhylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,469 girls in the US were given Rhylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.
Rhylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,011 |
| 2023 | 84 | #2,229 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,562 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,334 |
| 2019 | 233 | #1,079 |
| 2018 | 196 | #1,206 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,876 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,719 |
| 2014 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,629 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Rhylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Rynlee, Brylee, Rowan, Braelynn, Devyn, Reagan, Cassidy, Brynn, Braylee, Keegan
Other spellings of Rhylee
Riley, Rylee, Ryleigh, Rylie, Reilly, Ryley, Rylei, Rhyleigh, Rileigh, Rilee, Rhiley
Names related to Rhylee
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhylee, updated 20 October 2026.