Rylan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rylan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rylan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #247 in 2012, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1174
1998	#1263
1999	#1027
2000	#1241
2001	#814
2002	#1077
2003	#1092
2004	#1160
2005	#747
2006	#663
2007	#589
2008	#658
2009	#505
2010	#364
2011	#314
2012	#273
2013	#850
2014	#1819
2015	#1511
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#2112
2019	#1745
2020	#2960
2021	#2301
2022	#1781
2023	#3112
2024	#1675

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1675 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2012
Highest recorded position: #247 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2005–2012).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rylan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 937 births with the name.

Rylan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rylan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#273 (2012)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	937 (1996–2024)	171 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#611 (2010)	#500 (2012)	#785 (2024)	6 of 15	22 (2010–2024)	6 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#247 (2012)	#247 (2012)	4 of 8	17 (2005–2012)	7 (2012)

Rylan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rylan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000s	318	10 of 10	32
2010sbusiest	530	10 of 10	53
2020s	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 136, from 171 to 35.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rylan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #247 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Rylan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#273	171	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#314	143	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#364	112	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#505	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#658	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#589	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#663	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#747	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 171 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adelina · #247, 34y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maizie · #247, 29y
Rhia · #247, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kasey · #247, 31y
Kym · #247, 22y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maizie · #247, 29y

Rylan was ranked #247 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rylan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rylan without appearing here.

Rylan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Rylan

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #850 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #1012.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Rylan

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #1174 to #1675 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #1027 to #1675 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #1027 to #1675 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #1027 to #1675 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Rylan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #2020 to #3112 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #2020 to #3112 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #2020 to #3112 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rylan went from #1174 to #3112 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #247 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rylan

Rylan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rylan across 3 official records

Rylan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rylan across 3 official records

Rylan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rylan and the names beside it

Rylan moved ahead of

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