Rylan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 1,594 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
1,594
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#416
down from #371
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies

How Rylan has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#206#329#451201520202025#416

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#241
2016#256
2017#287
2018#293
2019#325
2020#327
2021#340
2022#376
2023#376
2024#371
2025#416

Rylan by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Rylan. In the US, 1,594 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 2,759 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rylan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
  • Rymanrye field dweller; one who harvests rye17 in the US (2017)
  • Rylin144 in the US (2017)
  • Rylyn47 in the US (2017)
  • Rylann39 in the US (2017)
  • Ryelan9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rylan

Names that are said the same way as Rylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Rylan

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