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Rylen

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~4,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,554 among boys
Births in 2025
151 4,198 since 1880
Typical age
10 years, median

Rylen popularity over time

Rylen rank by birth year, 1993–2025Rylen ranked #6,816 in 1993 and #1,554 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #849, in 2011.#1,000#10,000#1,554best #849 in 2011200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1993–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Rylen was used most in 2011, when 287 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1993. As of 2025 the name sits at #1,554, with 151 births that year.

Compared with 2015, births are down 39%. It slipped 95 places against the previous year.

Babies named Rylen per yearPeaks at 287 births in 2011.287 in 20110200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rylen?

An estimated 4,200 living Americans are called Rylen. The split is about 800 women and 3,400 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Rylen?

Half of living Rylens are older than 10, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Rylen a current name.

Your Rylen

Ages of living people named RylenHalf of living Rylens are older than 10 and half younger.median 10020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Rylen is most common

Relative to births, Hawaii carries 6.0× the national share of Rylens. Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee follow.

Where Rylen is used more than average5 states use the name Rylen more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 1.3× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 3.5× the national rateLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 1.7× the national rateALGeorgia: 1.3× the national rateGAHawaii: 6.0× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Rylen is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Hawaii 20 6.0×
Louisiana 77 3.5×
Alabama 38 1.7×
Tennessee 49 1.3×
Georgia 70 1.3×

Is Rylen a boy's or a girl's name?

19% girls81% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 20.7% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 19.2% of births under the name were girls.

Where the name Rylen comes from

Rare variant of Rylan.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Names similar to Rylen

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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