Rylen
- #3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births
- #1,554 for boys in 2025, 110 births
- Given to boys 80.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 251 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,391since 1993
Rylen 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #1,554 | 110 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #1,459 | 124 |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | #1,397 | 132 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #1,171 | 174 |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | #1,320 | 141 |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | #1,374 | 128 |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | #1,152 | 169 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 | #1,160 | 165 |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | #1,110 | 174 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 | #1,096 | 179 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 | #1,065 | 186 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #999 | 206 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #1,085 | 172 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #948 | 213 |
| 2011 | #4,072 | 36 | #849 | 251 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #1,080 | 179 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #1,257 | 140 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #1,294 | 134 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #1,621 | 95 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #1,698 | 83 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #1,967 | 64 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five boys were named Rylen! It came in at #6,816, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rylen 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
- Alabama#573 · 1 in 2,690
- Ohio#1,015 · 1 in 7,505
- North Carolina#1,028 · 1 in 7,353
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
- Florida#1,353 · 1 in 11,942
Best ever in a state: #177 in North Dakota, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
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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 Rylen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 180 spots since 2020 (#1,374 → #1,554)
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2011 at #849 (251 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2011–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,567
- Highest: 1 in 7,567 boys born in 2011 were named Rylen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,528 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 55.9% of all boys named Rylen (1,894) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38 | #5,642 (1997) | #7,089 |
| 2000s | 650 | #1,257 (2009) | #2,465 |
| 2010s | 1,894 | #849 (2011) | #1,054 |
| 2020s | 809 | #1,171 (2022) | #1,379 |
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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