Rylen Boy & girl
How popular is Rylen?
#1,554 boy name in 2025
110 baby boys were named Rylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1554th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
Rylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,554 for boys (▼ 95 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 110 boys, 41 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,065 in 2015, #1,374 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (251 boys) |
| Highest rank | #849 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 79% boys, 21% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rylan family of names ranked #365 for boys in 2025 (#329 the year before), with 907 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rylan | 771 | 85% |
| Rylen | 110 | 12% |
| Rylon | 14 | 2% |
| Rilan | 6 | 1% |
| Rilen | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rylen is most popular
Babies named Rylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.6 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Rylen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Rylen
Questions
- Is Rylen a boy or girl name?
- Rylen is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 79% of babies named Rylen were boys and 21% were girls.
- How popular is the name Rylen?
- 110 baby boys were named Rylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1554th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
- When was Rylen most popular?
- Rylen peaked in 2011, when 251 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #849 in 2011.
- How many people are named Rylen?
- 4,198 babies have been named Rylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,167 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Rylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rylen was most common in Hawaii, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.