girls:
760 births since 1989
#4956 (13th percentile)
boys:
12.4k births since 1912
#1033 (77th percentile)
overall:
13.2k births since 1912
#2289 (70th percentile)
The name Ryland is the #2,289 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,176 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 70.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,033 (77.5% percentile) for all time with 12,416 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #4,956 (13.3% percentile) for all time with 760 births since 1989.
Ryland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1989 for girls).
The name Ryland has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.4% of babies named Ryland were boys.
For boys, Ryland reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 57.3% percentile (ranked #380) with 360 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 360 births per million (ranked 57.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ryland ranks #566 for boys (37.9% percentile) with 205 births per million, which is 57.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ryland reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #910) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ryland ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 66.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ryland".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ryland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Ryland is pronounced as RAI-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-luhnd, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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