# Rylan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rylan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “rye field” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 41,160 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,532 / 6,628 (16% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 946, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 398 | 700 |
| 2012 | 374 | 745 |
| 2013 | 330 | 816 |
| 2014 | 343 | 811 |
| 2015 | 318 | 876 |
| 2016 | 374 | 764 |
| 2017 | 345 | 796 |
| 2018 | 349 | 785 |
| 2019 | 308 | 872 |
| 2020 | 310 | 870 |
| 2021 | 277 | 950 |
| 2022 | 269 | 986 |
| 2023 | 247 | 1,029 |
| 2024 | 215 | 1,127 |
| 2025 | 190 | 1,203 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,766 | 146 |
| 2012 | 2,171 | 179 |
| 2013 | 1,896 | 202 |
| 2014 | 1,743 | 220 |
| 2015 | 1,555 | 241 |
| 2016 | 1,402 | 256 |
| 2017 | 1,264 | 287 |
| 2018 | 1,197 | 292 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | 326 |
| 2020 | 1,008 | 327 |
| 2021 | 958 | 341 |
| 2022 | 862 | 376 |
| 2023 | 855 | 376 |
| 2024 | 886 | 369 |
| 2025 | 771 | 416 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 314 |
| 2012 | 171 | 273 |
| 2013 | 35 | 850 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.