Ryley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ryley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ryley: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #204 in 2011, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#204highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#3900
2002	#2540
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#5061
2007	#2627
2008	#5545
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4688 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2014
Highest recorded position: #204 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2007–2014).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ryley appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,048 births with the name.

Ryley across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ryley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#213 (2011)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	2,048 (1996–2024)	232 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2540 (2002)	#5669 (2022)	18 of 27	81 (1996–2022)	8 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#366 (2011)	#713 (2016)	7 of 9	40 (2008–2016)	11 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#276 (2007)	#204 (2011)	#398 (2014)	7 of 8	42 (2007–2014)	10 (2011)

Ryley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ryley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	890	10 of 10	89
2010sbusiest	1,004	10 of 10	100
2020s	120	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 100 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 112, from 219 to 107.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ryley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #204 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Ryley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#993	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#939	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#489	80	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#379	107	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#235	219	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#213	232	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#251	188	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#239	185	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#276	156	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#316	119	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#340	103	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#331	96	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#362	81	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#428	60	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#516	41	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #204, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 232 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ryleigh · #328, 27y
Rylie · #281, 26y
Ryo · #2142, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ellie-May · #205, 29y
Emily-Rose · #205, 29y
Leann · #203, 32y
Keela · #206, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aryan · #205, 31y
Bill · #203, 35y
Ellie-May · #205, 29y
Emily-Rose · #205, 29y

Ryley was ranked #204 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ryley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ryley without appearing here.

Ryley moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1048 and #3036.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #3970.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1048 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #544 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Ryley

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Malin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3899.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2682 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2627 and #1741.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Ryley

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Ryley

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryley went from #3795 to #5669 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #204 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ryley

Ryley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ryley across 4 official records

Ryley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ryley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ryley at a glance

Ryley across 4 official records

Ryley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ryley appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ryley

Ryley and the names beside it

Ryley moved ahead of

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