Rye
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the rye field or rye grain.
Rye by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Rye. In the US, 42 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rye. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raeewe; a form of Rachel121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ryudragon76 in the US (2017)
- Ryenlittle king; descendant of Rian; a respelling of Ryan62 in the US (2017)
- Rueregret or sorrow; also a herb50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roedeer; roe deer5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rylefrom the rye field17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Rye
Names that are said the same way as Rye, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ry6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Rye, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)