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Ryle

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Ryle is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).

What does Ryle mean?

English: English surname

English surname borne by the Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle.

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RYLE

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

Ryle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ryle in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,676among boys
Babies in 2025
48about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 102% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Ryle, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1976.

2025 had the most boys named Ryle of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.

Half of all the boys named Ryle in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 48 in 20252025
Ryle in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202548#2,676
202426#4,069
202329#3,799
202220#4,846
202117#5,333
202022#4,422
201917#5,336
201812#6,699
201718#5,107
201616#5,551
20155#12,080
201415#5,729
201314#5,919
201216#5,476
201111#7,002
20107#9,686
20098#8,980
200814#6,065
20078#8,909
200614#5,777
20058#8,292
200411#6,514
200318#4,421
20026#9,385
200110#6,438
20009#6,832
19997#7,867
19988#6,837
19970–
199610#5,528
19956#7,785
19940–
19930–
19926#7,414
19918#5,934
19900–
19896#6,934
19885#7,264
19878#4,962
19866#5,920
19856#5,780
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#5,584

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