Hyland
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- HY-lund
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Hyland is a name of English origin, meaning “high land”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Hyland mean?
English: English surname
“high land”
An English surname from Old English heah 'high' and land; it is also found as an Irish surname.
Is Hyland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Hyland has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Hyland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Hyland, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Hyland in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Hyland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hyland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyland, updated 20 October 2026.