Rilen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RYE-lun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Rilen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Rilen come from?
Modern: spelling of Rilan; respelling of Rylan, an invented modern name
Meaning borrowed from Rilan.
Is Rilen a girl's or a boy's name?
Rilen 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 Rilen 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 Rilen, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had more boys named Rilen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Rilen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rilen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Rilen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Rayden, Raiden, Brecken, Braylen, Brayden, Aiden, Ronan, Finnegan, Declan, Finn, Deacon
Names related to Rilen
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, “Rilen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rilen, updated 20 October 2026.