Ryleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ryleah is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “rye clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Ryleah mean?
Old English: spelling of Rylea, itself a spelling of Riley, from ryge 'rye' + leah 'clearing'
“rye clearing”
A modern spelling of Riley, a surname that became a first name for girls and boys alike.
Meaning borrowed from Rylea.
Is Ryleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ryleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ryleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ryleah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more girls named Ryleah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ryleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ryleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Ryleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Rowan Brynlee Reagan Braelynn Brooklyn Rynlee Raelynn Riley Brylee Rylynn Eowyn
Names related to Ryleah
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, “Ryleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryleah, updated 20 October 2026.