How to say it
RY · lan
/ˈraɪ.lən/
Masculine
Rylan
Modern; or rye land
What it means
A modern name in the Ryan family; also read as an English place name, 'land where rye grows.'
Rylan is a recent coinage, heard as Ryan crossed with the fashionable -lan and -lyn endings, and it doubles as an English place name for a 'rye field.' It rose through the 2000s and 2010s alongside the whole Ryan and -lan cluster. It reads breezy and contemporary. Ry is the short, and Ryland and Rylen are the variant spellings.
Popularity over time
peaked at #146 in 2011, currently #416 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Spelling
Rylan, Ryland, and Rylen are the same name; a modern member of the Ryan family.
Spelling variants
- Ryland
- Rylen
- Rylin