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Ryla

Gender
Girl
Say it
RY-la
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,064 for girls

Ryla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,064th for girls in the US (91 babies).

Where does Ryla come from?

Modern: Ry- with the -la ending, on the pattern of Kyla

Is Ryla a girl's or a boy's name?

Ryla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 91 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ryla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 117% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ryla, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

2015Busiest: 8 in 20212025
Ryla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20244#4,907
20233#5,929
20226#3,728
20218#3,082
20200–
20190–
20186#3,702
20170–
20160–
20153#5,983

How popular is Ryla in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,064th among girls
Babies in 2025
91 about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 78% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 91 girls in the US were named Ryla, making it the 2,064th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the girls named Ryla in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 127 girls in the US were given Ryla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,428, up from #2,064 for this spelling alone.

2003Busiest: 102 in 20242025
Ryla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202591#2,064
2024102#1,942
202370#2,517
202285#2,208
202161#2,784
202046#3,338
201951#3,129
201851#3,157
201741#3,696
201642#3,656
201525#5,286
201435#4,176
201338#3,916
201224#5,555
201123#5,725
201030#4,734
200914#8,450
200816#7,738
200713#9,003
200612#9,282
200512#8,878
20049#10,684
200311#9,043

Names like Ryla

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Ryla

Names related to Ryla

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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, “Ryla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryla, updated 20 October 2026.