Rilan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RYE-lun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Rilan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Rilan come from?
Modern: respelling of Rylan, an invented modern name
Is Rilan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rilan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rilan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Rilan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Rilan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rilan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Rilan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Kayden, Finnegan, Rayden, Declan, Raiden, Keegan, Brayden, Braylen, Brecken, Aiden, Finn
Names related to Rilan
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Rilan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rilan, updated 20 October 2026.