Ryli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Ryli is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rye clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Ryli mean?
English: spelling of Rylee, itself a spelling of Riley
“rye clearing”
A modern spelling of Riley, the English and Irish surname.
Meaning borrowed from Rylee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ryli a girl's or a boy's name?
Ryli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ryli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Ryli, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Ryli than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Ryli in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ryli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Ryli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Riley Rowan Brynlee Briar Reagan Londyn Ocean Reign Brooklyn Raelynn Heaven
Names related to Ryli
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Ryli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryli, updated 20 October 2026.