Rylan
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #416 for boys
Rylan is a boys' name, meaning “rye field”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 416th for boys in the US (771 babies).
What does Rylan mean?
“rye field”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 190 girls and 771 boys in the US.
How popular is Rylan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Rylan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 190 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rylan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Rylan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 190 | #276 |
| 2011 | 161 | #315 |
| 2010 | 121 | #374 |
| 2009 | 73 | #526 |
| 2008 | 47 | #717 |
| 2007 | 53 | #629 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 37 | #757 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Rylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 416th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 771 about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 771 boys in the US were named Rylan, making it the 416th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 327th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 2,766 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968. 190 girls were also named Rylan in 2025 (1,200th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rylan than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Rylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 938 boys in the US were given Rylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #416 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 6% of the babies named Rylan in the US in 1992, and 20% in 2025.
Rylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 771 | #416 |
| 2024 | 886 | #369 |
| 2023 | 855 | #376 |
| 2022 | 862 | #376 |
| 2021 | 958 | #339 |
| 2020 | 1,008 | #327 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | #325 |
| 2018 | 1,197 | #292 |
| 2017 | 1,264 | #287 |
| 2016 | 1,402 | #256 |
| 2015 | 1,555 | #241 |
| 2014 | 1,743 | #220 |
| 2013 | 1,896 | #202 |
| 2012 | 2,171 | #179 |
| 2011 | 2,766 | #146 |
| 2010 | 2,057 | #183 |
| 2009 | 1,951 | #196 |
| 2008 | 1,747 | #217 |
| 2007 | 1,375 | #257 |
| 2006 | 1,328 | #259 |
| 2005 | 1,180 | #281 |
| 2004 | 746 | #372 |
| 2003 | 603 | #425 |
| 2002 | 500 | #475 |
| 2001 | 458 | #499 |
| 2000 | 363 | #567 |
| 1999 | 297 | #611 |
| 1998 | 259 | #661 |
| 1997 | 169 | #841 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,058 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,283 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,224 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,196 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,610 |
| 1988 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Rylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Aiden, Finn, Kayden, Rowan, Declan, Kian, Brody, Keegan, Caelan, Conan, Logan
Other spellings of Rylan
Names related to Rylan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rylan, updated 20 October 2026.