Ryleigh
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning rye clearing; modern spelling variant of Riley.
How Ryleigh has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #198 |
| 2016 | #170 |
| 2017 | #161 |
| 2018 | #145 |
| 2019 | #138 |
| 2020 | #159 |
| 2021 | #164 |
| 2022 | #190 |
| 2023 | #260 |
| 2024 | #302 |
| 2025 | #344 |
Ryleigh by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Ryleigh. In the US, 1,865 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,880 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Riley
Like Ryleigh, each of these traces back to Riley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Rylierye clearing; a modern respelling of Riley896 in the US (2017)
- Rhyleerye clearing; a modern respelling of Riley125 in the US (2017)
- Rhileyvaliant; rye clearing; an altered spelling of Riley55 in the US (2017)
- Rhyleighrye clearing; modern spelling variant of Riley40 in the US (2017)
- Rhylierye clearing; a form of Riley32 in the US (2017)
- Reilycourageous; a form of Riley15 in the US (2017)
- Reileycourageous one; a form of Riley12 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ryleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ryleigh
Names that are said the same way as Ryleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
- Ryleyrye clearing; a form of Riley120 in the US (2017)
- Rileevaliant; rye clearing; a modern respelling of Riley87 in the US (2017)
- Rileighcourageous; variant of Riley82 in the US (2017)
- Ryleirye clearing; a modern respelling of Riley or Ryley55 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Ryleigh, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ryleigh
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