Unisex name · since 2009
Rhylen
Rhylen has 201 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,933 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,661 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 201
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhylen currently ranks #4661 among unisex names in America, with 201 babies recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Rhylen recorded 201 times among boys since 2009, holding rank #4661 nationally today, ahead of 67% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,933 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,661 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 201 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhylen ranks #12,933 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,661 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 201 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,933 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,661 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 201
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhylen's 201 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhylen compares
201 38th 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
Rhylen's all-time total is 46% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhylen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 201 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rhylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhylen's full recorded timeline at 2017, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhylen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Rhylen popularity over time - girls
84 total births recorded since 2010 (Rhylen as girls' name)
Rhylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (123 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Rhylen's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Rhylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Rhylen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (123 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Rhylen 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.