Ryelee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- Old English
Ryelee is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “rye clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ryelee mean?
Old English: spelling of Riley, from ryge 'rye' + leah 'clearing'
“rye clearing”
Riley comes both from an English place name meaning 'rye clearing' and from the Irish surname Reilly (O Raghallaigh).
Is Ryelee a girl's or a boy's name?
Ryelee is a girls' name.
How popular is Ryelee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Ryelee in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ryelee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Ryelee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Teagan, Brylee, Rynlee, Rowan, Braylee, Braelynn, Reagan, Raelynn, Brooklyn, Brynn, Raylee
Names related to Ryelee
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ryelee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryelee, updated 20 October 2026.