NameTides

Rylan

Rylan was the #416 boys' name in the US in 2025 (771 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #432 in Canada.

Rylan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Rylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#416 (771)#2,440 (9)———#432 (75)
2024#369 (886)#1,675 (15)——#785 (3)#424 (76)
2023#376 (855)#3,113 (6)#728 (3)—#770 (3)#381 (77)
2022#376 (862)#1,782 (13)———#330 (96)
2021#339 (958)#2,301 (9)———#287 (121)
2020#327 (1,008)#2,960 (6)———#292 (112)
2019#325 (1,025)#1,745 (13)——#764 (3)#282 (119)
2018#292 (1,197)#2,112 (10)———#239 (149)
2017#287 (1,264)#2,512 (8)———#201 (187)
2016#256 (1,402)#2,175 (10)———#216 (170)
2015#241 (1,555)#1,511 (16)#686 (3)——#181 (208)
2014#220 (1,743)#1,819 (12)———#181 (212)
2013#202 (1,896)#850 (35)#520 (5)—#711 (3)#149 (255)
2012#179 (2,171)#273 (171)#301 (12)#247 (7)#500 (6)#127 (316)
2011#146 (2,766)#314 (143)#275 (14)#311 (4)—#111 (363)

Rylan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Rylan as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Rylan as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,200 (190)#2,131 (10)
2024#1,125 (215)#1,833 (12)
2023#1,024 (247)#1,678 (13)
2022#984 (269)#1,482 (15)
2021#950 (277)#1,082 (24)
2020#868 (310)#2,007 (10)
2019#869 (308)#1,408 (17)
2018#782 (349)#1,376 (17)
2017#794 (345)#1,269 (19)
2016#762 (374)#867 (31)
2015#875 (318)#1,016 (25)
2014#811 (343)#2,026 (10)
2013#815 (330)#1,091 (23)
2012#742 (374)#999 (26)
2011#700 (398)#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #146.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.
  • In 2025, 20% of US babies named Rylan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rylan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rylan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #273WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #411OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #441CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #497VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #295NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #157MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #343GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #439TXFlorida: #430FL
Rylan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48825

Rylan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RylanCanadaGirls#2,13110
RylanCanadaBoys#43275
RylanEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
RylanIrelandBoys—too few
RylanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RylanScotlandBoys—too few
RylanUSGirls#1,200190
RylanUSBoys#416771