#3712024 rank
2011peak year
31,040babies named Rylan since 1880
▼ 14%5-year trend
Rylan popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Rylan mean?
A modern coinage blending the stylish sound of Ry with the -lan ending, echoed by the surname Ryland from Old English 'rye land'. A distinctly twenty-first-century name.
OriginModern American, Old English
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, nature
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Spellings & variants
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