Ryan
#712 for girls in 2025, 393 births · #99 for boys in 2025, 3,532 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 29,524 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 55 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 964,123since 1906
Ryan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #712 | 393 | #99 | 3,532 |
| 2024 | #701 | 400 | #87 | 3,906 |
| 2023 | #677 | 433 | #83 | 4,035 |
| 2022 | #580 | 515 | #74 | 4,403 |
| 2021 | #496 | 635 | #66 | 4,735 |
| 2020 | #450 | 684 | #57 | 5,348 |
| 2019 | #400 | 773 | #54 | 6,127 |
| 2018 | #361 | 869 | #46 | 6,943 |
| 2017 | #410 | 773 | #44 | 7,706 |
| 2016 | #462 | 688 | #40 | 8,261 |
| 2015 | #470 | 680 | #39 | 8,548 |
| 2014 | #512 | 606 | #37 | 9,098 |
| 2013 | #645 | 438 | #30 | 9,895 |
| 2012 | #615 | 467 | #26 | 10,944 |
| 2011 | #575 | 506 | #25 | 11,503 |
| 2010 | #631 | 465 | #23 | 11,981 |
| 2009 | #578 | 527 | #20 | 13,122 |
| 2008 | #535 | 575 | #18 | 14,686 |
| 2007 | #457 | 706 | #16 | 15,722 |
| 2006 | #457 | 689 | #14 | 16,434 |
| 2005 | #450 | 676 | #14 | 17,990 |
| 2004 | #435 | 700 | #12 | 19,496 |
| 2003 | #487 | 598 | #13 | 19,578 |
| 2002 | #531 | 519 | #16 | 17,658 |
| 2001 | #560 | 465 | #15 | 18,289 |
| 2000 | #580 | 448 | #13 | 20,269 |
| 1999 | #555 | 454 | #12 | 21,014 |
| 1998 | #529 | 477 | #17 | 20,198 |
| 1997 | #622 | 360 | #16 | 20,527 |
| 1996 | #598 | 382 | #16 | 21,809 |
| 1995 | #621 | 354 | #15 | 23,089 |
| 1994 | #615 | 361 | #16 | 24,063 |
| 1993 | #640 | 350 | #13 | 26,727 |
| 1992 | #603 | 377 | #13 | 27,022 |
| 1991 | #546 | 431 | #11 | 27,536 |
| 1990 | #526 | 451 | #11 | 29,263 |
| 1989 | #435 | 566 | #13 | 28,408 |
| 1988 | #391 | 615 | #13 | 27,747 |
| 1987 | #344 | 698 | #13 | 28,490 |
| 1986 | #342 | 703 | #11 | 29,524 |
| 1985 | #394 | 570 | #12 | 29,905 |
| 1984 | #396 | 543 | #12 | 28,724 |
| 1983 | #370 | 610 | #13 | 27,849 |
| 1982 | #388 | 596 | #13 | 26,685 |
| 1981 | #347 | 675 | #13 | 26,811 |
| 1980 | #381 | 602 | #15 | 24,795 |
| 1979 | #390 | 558 | #14 | 23,212 |
| 1978 | #368 | 580 | #14 | 21,322 |
| 1977 | #514 | 362 | #16 | 21,246 |
| 1976 | #840 | 163 | #16 | 17,484 |
| 1975 | #926 | 139 | #23 | 15,296 |
| 1974 | #979 | 125 | #25 | 13,179 |
| 1973 | #1,239 | 84 | #30 | 10,511 |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 | #39 | 8,878 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #51 | 6,184 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #140 | 2,323 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #135 | 2,245 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #131 | 2,166 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #147 | 1,927 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #171 | 1,573 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #221 | 1,084 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #345 | 515 |
| 1963 | — | #310 | 647 | |
| 1962 | — | #405 | 397 | |
| 1961 | — | #402 | 388 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #408 | 380 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #397 | 400 |
| 1958 | — | #446 | 308 | |
| 1957 | — | #461 | 278 | |
| 1956 | — | #547 | 192 | |
| 1955 | — | #554 | 176 | |
| 1954 | — | #637 | 132 | |
| 1953 | — | #601 | 145 | |
| 1952 | — | #624 | 126 | |
| 1951 | — | #681 | 105 | |
| 1950 | — | #685 | 99 | |
| 1949 | — | #678 | 102 | |
| 1948 | — | #744 | 82 | |
| 1947 | — | #685 | 102 | |
| 1946 | — | #812 | 65 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,400 | 23 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
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First appearance
1906
The first year at least five boys were named Ryan! It came in at #798, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ryan is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Wisconsin#311 · 1 in 7,626
- Michigan#501 · 1 in 14,684
- California#644 · 1 in 16,803
Best ever in a state: #1 in Delaware, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #311 | 5 | 1 in 7,626 |
| Michigan | #501 | 5 | 1 in 14,684 |
| California | #644 | 7 | 1 in 16,803 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 · boys
Falling
- 12 spots since 2024 (#87 → #99)
- 42 spots since 2020 (#57 → #99)
- 60 spots since 2015 (#39 → #99)
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1946 (#1,103 → #812)
- Biggest drop: 59 spots in 1948 (#685 → #744)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1986 at #11 (29,524 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1946–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 62
- Highest: 1 in 62 boys born in 1985 were named Ryan (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 484 boys born in 2025 (0.21%)
- Its best rank, #11 in 1986, was only 1 in 62 (1.6%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 28.9% of all boys named Ryan (278,938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #798 (1906) | #798 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,621 |
| 1920s | 111 | #1,980 (1921) | #2,698 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,458 (1939) | #2,046 |
| 1940s | 500 | #678 (1949) | #1,157 |
| 1950s | 1,961 | #397 (1959) | #563 |
| 1960s | 11,322 | #131 (1968) | #268 |
| 1970s | 139,635 | #14 (1979) | #37 |
| 1980s | 278,938 | #11 (1986) | #13 |
| 1990s | 241,248 | #11 (1990) | #14 |
| 2000s | 173,244 | #12 (2004) | #15 |
| 2010s | 91,006 | #23 (2010) | #36 |
| 2020s | 25,959 | #57 (2020) | #78 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ryan in 1948
boys
#744
82 births · 1 in 21,398 boys
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 21,398 of them was named Ryan, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).