Unisex name · since 1912
Hyland
Since 1912, U.S. Social Security records show 241 babies named Hyland, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,284 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hyland currently ranks #8284 among unisex names in America, with 241 babies recorded since 1912.
Hyland has 241 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8284 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #11,879 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,284 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 241 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hyland ranks #11,879 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,284 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 241 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,284 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hyland's 241 recorded births place it above 73.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hyland compares
241 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hyland's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hyland | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 241 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hyland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hyland's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hyland popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Hyland popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 2002 (Hyland as girls' name)
Hyland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Hyland's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Hyland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 26
1910s
26 births
- 1920s 20
1920s
20 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (29% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hyland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hyland draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.