Rye meadow or courageous
Ryelee is a modern phonetic spelling variant of the Irish name Riley. It typically derives from the Old English words for 'rye' and 'clearing' or the Irish surname O'Raghailligh, meaning 'descendant of Raghallach'.
Less common today
Ryelee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,512 in 2011.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
