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Name meaning & stats

Rylan

Rylan means “rye field”. 41,160 US babies since 1940, peak 2011.

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What it means

“rye field”

Well documented

Originally a surname.

In US birth records

Peak year: 2011

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

41,160 US babies were named Rylan between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Rylan (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 86% of the family

  • Rylan 86%
  • Rylen 9%
  • Rhylan 2%
  • Rylon 1%
  • Rhylen 1%
  • Rilan 1%
  • Rilen <1%
  • Ryelan <1%
  • Reylan <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2011)