Riley-Lee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-lee-LEE
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Riley-Lee is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rye clearing + clearing, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Riley-Lee mean?
English: Riley + Lee
“rye clearing + clearing, meadow”
Joins Riley (English, “rye clearing”) and Lee (English, “clearing, meadow”).
Meanings borrowed from Riley and Lee.
Is Riley-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?
Riley-Lee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riley-Lee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Riley-Lee, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Riley-Lee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Riley-Lee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
Names like Riley-Lee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Finn, Kayden, Rowan, Riley, Cassian, Ronnie, Conan, Caelan, Cillian, Cody, Kody
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Riley-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riley-lee, updated 20 October 2026.