Ryland

What Ryland means

Means “rye + land”

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ryland” (revision 81093443), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ryland?

US: Falling: down from #492 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 727 boys got the name (#407 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 4,471 baby boys in the US 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 (0.74 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.71 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ryland is #703 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.9% of US babies named Ryland were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Roland466 US · 35 E&W
• Rayland36 US
• Rowland16 US · 6 E&W
• Rolland16 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 Ryland

Boys

• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025

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 Ryland’s. Rank is US 2025.