Meaning not yet researched.
Ryland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 382 in 2025. Its best rank was #407 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #407 in 2013; #706 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Ryland in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#706 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #407.
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Ryland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 382 boys in 2025. Peak: #407 in 2013 · most boys in one year: 727 (2013).
In 2025, 382 US boys were named Ryland, making it the 706th most common boys’ name of the year, up 24 places from #730 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 362 boys named Ryland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #407, reached in 2013. That year also had the most boys given the name: 727. For comparison, it was #492 in 2015 and #2,306 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ryland in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 12 babies. In all, 13,985 US babies have been given the name, 5.8% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,295 babies named Ryland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,777 US boys were named Ryland; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 594. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,471 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ryland ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #383 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Rylend, Ryeland and Rylund are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rylend (106), Ryeland (93), Rylund (18), Rylind (17), Riland (12), Reyland (5), Reiland (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ryland in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 10 | #383 | #569 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #406 | #519 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #411 | #365 |
| Nevada | 7 | #434 | #357 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #477 | #426 |
| Indiana | 14 | #507 | #478 |
| Colorado | 11 | #531 | #308 |
| Missouri | 11 | #549 | #439 |
| Ohio | 19 | #554 | #722 |
| Oregon | 6 | #591 | #319 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #614 | #659 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #617 | #477 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #617 | #366 |
| Georgia | 17 | #618 | #590 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #653 | #409 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #662 | #417 |
| Alabama | 7 | #671 | #558 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #684 | #627 |
| Washington | 9 | #723 | #426 |
| Illinois | 12 | #743 | #538 |
| Florida | 20 | #774 | #492 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #782 | #374 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #790 | #465 |
| Maryland | 6 | #792 | #772 |
| California | 32 | #795 | #612 |
| Michigan | 9 | #820 | #530 |
| Texas | 33 | #825 | #621 |
| Virginia | 7 | #948 | #238 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,014 | #516 |
| New York | 11 | #1,105 | #995 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,205 | 382 | #706 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,644 | 362 | #730 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,543 | 379 | #703 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,566 | 408 | #669 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,226 | 499 | #566 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,438 | 552 | #521 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,659 | 530 | #537 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,831 | 541 | #526 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,542 | 530 | #534 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,178 | 594 | #504 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,468 | 598 | #492 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,535 | 695 | #437 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,120 | 727 | #407 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,370 | 572 | #478 |
| 2011 | 28 | #5,035 | 596 | #452 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,583 | 523 | #496 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,198 | 465 | #570 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,842 | 411 | #609 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,919 | 395 | #623 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,203 | 330 | #684 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,403 | 292 | #705 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,149 | 189 | #905 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,952 | 161 | #990 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,195 | 129 | #1,123 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,237 | 94 | #1,364 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,864 | 104 | #1,265 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,164 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,933 | 80 | #1,430 |
| 1997 | — | — | 83 | #1,349 |
| 1996 | — | — | 56 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | — | — | 62 | #1,547 |
| 1994 | — | — | 56 | #1,639 |
| 1993 | — | — | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1992 | — | — | 60 | #1,508 |
| 1991 | — | — | 37 | #2,044 |
| 1990 | — | — | 42 | #1,868 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,995 | 42 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | — | — | 43 | #1,664 |
| 1987 | — | — | 47 | #1,527 |
| 1986 | — | — | 29 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | — | — | 24 | #2,281 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,087 |
| 1983 | — | — | 31 | #1,809 |
| 1982 | — | — | 32 | #1,808 |
| 1981 | — | — | 26 | #2,079 |
| 1980 | — | — | 21 | #2,433 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,094 |
| 1978 | — | — | 17 | #2,650 |
| 1977 | — | — | 21 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,584 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,203 |
| 1974 | — | — | 18 | #2,347 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,177 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,300 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,111 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,491 |
| 1969 | — | — | 13 | #2,524 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,093 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,016 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,599 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,594 |
| 1964 | — | — | 20 | #1,845 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,825 |
| 1962 | — | — | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,519 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,292 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,350 |
| 1957 | — | — | 13 | #2,359 |
| 1956 | — | — | 22 | #1,711 |
| 1955 | — | — | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1954 | — | — | 25 | #1,552 |
| 1953 | — | — | 21 | #1,704 |
| 1952 | — | — | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,306 |
| 1949 | — | — | 21 | #1,659 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,601 |
| 1947 | — | — | 23 | #1,589 |
| 1946 | — | — | 21 | #1,597 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,842 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,571 |
| 1943 | — | — | 19 | #1,685 |
| 1942 | — | — | 26 | #1,377 |
| 1941 | — | — | 18 | #1,681 |
| 1940 | — | — | 25 | #1,361 |
| 1939 | — | — | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,431 |
| 1937 | — | — | 15 | #1,904 |
| 1936 | — | — | 19 | #1,582 |
| 1935 | — | — | 22 | #1,482 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,774 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1932 | — | — | 12 | #2,300 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1930 | — | — | 15 | #2,059 |
| 1929 | — | — | 21 | #1,665 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1927 | — | — | 18 | #1,942 |
| 1926 | — | — | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,733 |
| 1924 | — | — | 17 | #2,033 |
| 1923 | — | — | 16 | #2,107 |
| 1922 | — | — | 22 | #1,685 |
| 1921 | — | — | 11 | #2,775 |
| 1920 | — | — | 17 | #2,039 |
| 1919 | — | — | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1917 | — | — | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,755 |
| 1915 | — | — | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,085 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,465 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,516 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).