Rylan

What Rylan means

Possibly “rye field”

Possibly a variant of Ryland, meaning "rye field" and from Old English.

Source: Wiktionary, “Rylan” (revision 67806263), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rylan?

US: Falling: down from #241 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1511 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 2,766 boys got the name (#146 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 2,215 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.85 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.79 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.56 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rylan is #416 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 80.2% of US babies named Rylan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Raylan311 US
• Rylen110 US
• Raylen97 US
• Raylon40 US
• Rylin37 US
• Rolan17 US
• Reylan14 US
• Rylon14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rylan

Boys

• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Landon#127“long + hill”^*
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*

For a sister

• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rylan’s. Rank is US 2025.