Ryland
- #5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births
- #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
- Given to boys 94.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 727 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,169since 1912
Ryland over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | #703 | 382 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | #728 | 362 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | #702 | 379 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | #668 | 408 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #565 | 499 |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | #520 | 552 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | #535 | 530 |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | #524 | 541 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #534 | 530 |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 | #504 | 594 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #492 | 598 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | #436 | 695 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #407 | 727 |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | #477 | 572 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #452 | 596 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #496 | 523 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #568 | 465 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | #609 | 411 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | #622 | 395 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #683 | 330 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | #703 | 292 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #904 | 189 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #983 | 161 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #1,119 | 129 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #1,357 | 94 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,260 | 104 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,161 | 112 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | — | #1,345 | 83 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,690 | 56 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,633 | 56 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,824 | 46 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,505 | 60 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,840 | 42 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | — | #1,645 | 43 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,048 | 25 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,677 | 21 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,219 | 29 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Ryland! It came in at #1,417, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Ryland is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Kansas#352 · 1 in 1,405
- Mississippi#370 · 1 in 1,355
- South Carolina#385 · 1 in 1,631
- Nevada#389 · 1 in 1,613
- Kentucky#450 · 1 in 2,054
Best ever in a state: #103 in Vermont, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 13 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 10 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Indiana | #483 | 14 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Ohio | #541 | 19 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Georgia | #594 | 17 | 1 in 2,954 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Tennessee | #638 | 11 | 1 in 3,343 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Illinois | #711 | 12 | 1 in 4,129 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Florida | #754 | 20 | 1 in 4,777 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| California | #787 | 32 | 1 in 5,484 |
| Texas | #809 | 33 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| New York | #1,055 | 11 | 1 in 7,675 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ryland
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 25 spots since 2024 (#728 → #703)
- 183 spots since 2020 (#520 → #703)
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
101 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2013 at #407 (727 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,602
- Highest: 1 in 2,602 boys born in 2013 were named Ryland (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,471 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 44.8% of all boys named Ryland (5,906) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 109 | #1,417 (1912) | #1,922 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,611 (1929) | #1,916 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,219 (1939) | #1,732 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,334 (1940) | #1,555 |
| 1950s | 192 | #1,489 (1951) | #1,835 |
| 1960s | 131 | #1,793 (1964) | #2,350 |
| 1970s | 157 | #2,048 (1979) | #2,622 |
| 1980s | 321 | #1,506 (1987) | #1,918 |
| 1990s | 634 | #1,161 (1999) | #1,596 |
| 2000s | 2,570 | #568 (2009) | #881 |
| 2010s | 5,906 | #407 (2013) | #486 |
| 2020s | 2,582 | #520 (2020) | #648 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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