# Ryland (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryland/  
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 |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “rye”, “land” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Rylan, Rylen |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,985 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,169 / 816 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 58, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Ryland is grouped under earth.

## 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 | 28 | 5,035 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,370 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,120 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,535 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3,468 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,178 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,542 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,831 |
| 2019 | 42 | 3,659 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,438 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,226 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,566 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,543 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,644 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,205 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 596 | 452 |
| 2012 | 572 | 478 |
| 2013 | 727 | 407 |
| 2014 | 695 | 437 |
| 2015 | 598 | 492 |
| 2016 | 594 | 504 |
| 2017 | 530 | 534 |
| 2018 | 541 | 526 |
| 2019 | 530 | 537 |
| 2020 | 552 | 521 |
| 2021 | 499 | 566 |
| 2022 | 408 | 669 |
| 2023 | 379 | 703 |
| 2024 | 362 | 730 |
| 2025 | 382 | 706 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Ryland

- Ry Cooder, American guitarist, singer and composer

## 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.