How rare is the name Rylan?

31,162 people in the United States have the first name Rylan, about 1 in 9,692. It ranks #1,227 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RYLAN

#1,227

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,162
About
1 in 9,692
This common or more
72.8%
Who bears it

Of the 31,162 people named Rylan, 75.3% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as two or more races. 84.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rylan peaked in 2011, when 3,164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
3,164
In 2025*
961 ▼70%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 41,160 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rylan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #357. The largest share of babies named Rylan, 50.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#7,478118
1980s#3,881414
1990s#2,1151,446
2000s#55711,765
2010s#35720,563
2020s#5826,848
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–962.5%
Generation Z 1997–1250.3%
2013 and later46.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rylan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rylan has been most common in Alaska (2.6×), Hawaii (2.1×), and Colorado (2×), and least common in New York (0.27×).

38,254 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rylan

#1,225 Brennan · 31,223#1,226 Cecelia · 31,176#1,228 Clint · 31,154#1,229 Maricela · 31,152

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rylan, most common first.

#5,823 Rylen · 2,853#7,375 Rylin · 2,075#17,129 Rylyn · 649#30,536 Rylon · 285

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