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Ryland

Gender
Boy
US rank, 2025
#703 for boys

Ryland is a boys' name, meaning “rye”. In 2025 it ranked 703rd for boys in the US (382 babies).

What does Ryland mean?

“rye”

A male given name transferred from the surname.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ryland a girl's or a boy's name?

Ryland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 382 boys in the US.

How popular is Ryland in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ryland in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20122022
Ryland in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20223#5,017
20210–
20200–
20191#6,258
20180–
20170–
20160–
20155#3,527
20145#3,529
20130–
201210#2,230
20114#3,986
20105#3,478
20096#2,970
20086#2,906
20073#4,486
20065#3,013
20053#3,992
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19966#1,840

How popular is Ryland in the US?

Rank in 2025
#703among boys
Babies in 2025
382about 1 in 4,500 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 382 boys in the US were named Ryland, making it the 703rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 520th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 727 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 25 girls were also named Ryland in 2025 (5,098th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Ryland in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1912Busiest: 727 in 20132025
Ryland in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025382#703
2024362#728
2023379#702
2022408#668
2021499#565
2020552#520
2019530#535
2018541#524
2017530#534
2016594#504
2015598#492
2014695#436
2013727#407
2012572#477
2011596#452
2010523#496
2009465#568
2008411#609
2007395#622
2006330#683
2005292#703
2004189#903
2003161#982
2002129#1,118
200194#1,353
2000104#1,257
1999112#1,159
199880#1,415
199783#1,342
199656#1,687
199562#1,522
199456#1,628
199346#1,819
199260#1,500
199137#2,013
199042#1,835
198942#1,788
198843#1,640
198747#1,504
198629#2,005
198524#2,225
198426#2,035
198331#1,786
198232#1,773
198126#2,037
198021#2,366
197925#2,048
197817#2,567
197721#2,202
197617#2,507
197512#3,076
197418#2,275
197311#3,011
197210#3,150
197111#2,971
197015#2,398
196913#2,414
196816#2,029
196716#1,973
196611#2,464
196511#2,474
196420#1,792
196310#2,672
196214#2,185
196112#2,408
19608#3,075
195920#1,805
195813#2,263
195713#2,273
195622#1,675
195518#1,844
195425#1,524
195321#1,676
195223#1,581
195125#1,488
195012#2,206
194921#1,615
194822#1,558
194723#1,554
194621#1,556
194515#1,771
194420#1,524
194319#1,635
194226#1,358
194118#1,633
194025#1,334
193929#1,219
193823#1,397
193715#1,828
193619#1,540
193522#1,453
193417#1,725
193314#1,905
193212#2,191
193113#2,101
193015#1,964
192921#1,611
192815#2,048
192718#1,871
192620#1,720
192521#1,678
192417#1,964
192316#2,019
192222#1,644
192111#2,631
192017#1,965
191918#1,810
191818#1,826
191713#2,187
191618#1,697
191512#2,183
191411#1,974
19137#2,272
191212#1,416

Names like Ryland

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rowan Riley Roman Noah Ethan Grayson Hudson Logan Mason Marley Remy Jayden

Names related to Ryland

Roland Rowland Rolando Rayland Rhyland Rolland Rylend

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, “Ryland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryland, updated 20 October 2026.