How rare is the name Ryland?

9,931 people in the United States have the first name Ryland, about 1 in 30,413. It ranks #2,479 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RYLAND

#2,479

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,931
About
1 in 30,413
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,931 people named Ryland, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as Black. 93.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ryland peaked in 2013, when 754 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
754
In 2025*
407 ▼46%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,985 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Ryland by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #975. The largest share of babies named Ryland, 52.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#3,924109
1920s#3,748178
1930s#3,324179
1940s#3,301210
1950s#4,036192
1960s#5,551131
1970s#6,236157
1980s#4,562327
1990s#3,581651
2000s#1,6172,778
2010s#9756,295
2020s#1,2402,778
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–452.4%
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–964.8%
Generation Z 1997–1234.7%
2013 and later52.1%

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 Ryland is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryland has been most common in Virginia (3.9×), Nevada (3.1×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.25×).

10,779 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.

Exactly as common as Ryland

1 other first name also has 9,931 people.

#2,479 Skyla · 9,931

Either side of Ryland

#2,477 Livia · 9,934#2,478 Kaylynn · 9,933#2,479 Skyla · 9,931#2,481 Wes · 9,923

Also a last name

As a last name, Ryland ranks #14,560 of 156,621, with 1,967 people. See Ryland as a last name

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