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Rylen

#1,560 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly rye field, through Rylan

Rylen has been given to 4,198 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,560 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 251 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Rylen, 2025

1 in 30,100

Rylen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rylen over time

In 2025, Rylen went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rylen: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly rye field, through Rylan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rylen means

Rylen belongs to the name family reached through Rylen → Rylan. Its meaning is “rye field”.

Origin, language, and formation

Rylen is used in English.

Rylen is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rylan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,391 boys were recorded with the name Rylen between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 251 in 2011; its best national rank was #852 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,377 in 2020 to #1,560 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,068 in 2015 to #1,560 in 2025.

In the United States, 807 girls were recorded with the name Rylen between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2015; its best national rank was #2,922 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,439 in 2020 to #3,698 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,922 in 2015 to #3,698 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rylen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,100
110 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,560
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,891 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rylen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,891 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rylens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rylen was born before 2014 — so the typical Rylen is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
55.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,391
People you could plausibly meet
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2010s — 55.9% of all recorded uses (1,894).

Is Rylen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−92
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−183
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−492
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.59×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.8%
Peak was 2011 (251)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#852
2011

Spellings of Rylen

Rylen is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 25.3% against Rylen's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rylen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rylen was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,786 boys, against 1 in 14,193 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

156 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,786
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 3,448
  3. 3Alabama1 in 5,882
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 7,143
  5. 5Georgia1 in 8,333
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 9,091
  7. 7Indiana1 in 10,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Rylen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rylen was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 490,672 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rylen around the world

Where Rylen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rylen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,560
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 183
Best rank ever
#852
2011
Peak year
2011
251 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,391
Count in 2025
110

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,698
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 259
Best rank ever
#2,922
2015
Peak year
2015
60 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
807
Count in 2025
41

Names similar to Rylen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RyleyRyleeRylieRylinNolenCalenKalenKylenRylerTalenDalenTylenHarlenArlenRylandValenDaylenKallenHalenRylonZaylenWaylenRyloRylan

Names with a curve like Rylen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rylen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AarushKaidynBraylinKorbynCamdynKarsenBraysonLeelandAvenLyricTaydenRayyan

Sibling names for Rylen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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