Rylen
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #1,554 for boys
Rylen is a boys' name, meaning “rye field”. In 2025 it ranked 1,554th for boys in the US (110 babies).
What does Rylen mean?
Spelling of Rylan
“rye field”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Meaning borrowed from Rylan. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rylen a girl's or a boy's name?
Rylen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls and 110 boys in the US.
How popular is Rylen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 boys.
Rylen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
How popular is Rylen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,554among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 110about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 110 boys in the US were named Rylen, making it the 1,554th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,374th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 251 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993. 41 girls were also named Rylen in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rylen than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Rylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 938 boys in the US were given Rylen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #1,554 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Rylen in the US were girls.
Rylen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,554 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,397 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,171 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,320 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,374 |
| 2019 | 169 | #1,152 |
| 2018 | 165 | #1,160 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,110 |
| 2016 | 179 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 186 | #1,065 |
| 2014 | 206 | #999 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,085 |
| 2012 | 213 | #948 |
| 2011 | 251 | #849 |
| 2010 | 179 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 140 | #1,257 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 95 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,698 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Rylen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Ronan Aiden Brody Rowan Kian Brayden Declan Raiden Conan Lochlan
Other spellings of Rylen
Names related to Rylen
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, “Rylen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rylen, updated 20 October 2026.