Rya
- #1,518 for girls in 2025, 140 births
- Last seen for boys in 1986 at #4,853
- Given to girls 99.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 190 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,909since 1971
Rya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,518 | 140 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,236 | 190 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,407 | 159 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,373 | 168 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,955 | 100 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,497 | 72 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,094 | 54 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,264 | 50 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
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| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Rya! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Colorado#634 · 1 in 2,916
- Pennsylvania#813 · 1 in 4,244
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Florida#1,170 · 1 in 7,230
- Illinois#1,240 · 1 in 7,388
Best ever in a state: #495 in Oregon, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Pennsylvania | #813 | 11 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Florida | #1,170 | 12 | 1 in 7,230 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 282 spots since 2024 (#1,236 → #1,518)
- 1,881 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #1,518)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2024 at #1,236 (190 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,527
- Highest: 1 in 8,527 girls born in 2024 were named Rya (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,480 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 42.0% of all girls named Rya (802) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30 | #5,888 (1977) | #7,367 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,789 (1980) | #9,220 |
| 1990s | 114 | #5,219 (1999) | #7,353 |
| 2000s | 370 | #3,120 (2008) | #4,067 |
| 2010s | 555 | #2,497 (2014) | #3,058 |
| 2020s | 802 | #1,236 (2024) | #1,815 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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