boy's name

Ryle

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 576

Ryle is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 48 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 69,070 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Ryle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ryle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 31
1990s 45
2000s 130
2010s 142
2020s (to 2025) 162

How popular is Ryle?

In 2025, Ryle was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ryle is used

Canada #2,676 7 in 2024
United States #2,693 48 in 2025
England & Wales #4,240 4 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ryle

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ryle also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ryle over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ryle

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ryle — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ryle

How popular is the name Ryle?

In 2025, Ryle was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Ryle a girl's or a boy's name?

Ryle is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ryle?

Ryle has 1 syllable.

When was Ryle most popular?

Ryle peaked in 2025, when 48 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Ryle a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ryle currently ranks #2,676 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.