Given name & surname
Ryland
“from the place where rye is grown”
Ryland is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the place where rye is grown.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the place where rye is grown.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ryland through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,985
- 13,169 boys · 816 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 754 babies
- 2025
- 407
- #706 for boys · #5,205 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 382 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 706 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 727 in 2013. It also appeared in 25 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,931 as a first name in 2020; 1,967 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ryland’s family of names
Ryland has a related form in Rylan. Ryland has a related form in Ryle. Ryland has a related form in Ryelan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ryland
- Ry CooderAmerican guitarist, singer and composerborn 1947
- Ryland FletcherAmerican politician (1799–1885)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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