Ryder
- #1,808 for girls in 2025, 111 births
- #132 for boys in 2025, 2,710 births
- Given to boys 96.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 4,113 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 66,639since 1960
Ryder 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,808 | 111 | #132 | 2,710 |
| 2024 | #1,317 | 174 | #134 | 2,703 |
| 2023 | #1,209 | 197 | #128 | 2,838 |
| 2022 | #1,177 | 204 | #115 | 3,326 |
| 2021 | #996 | 257 | #111 | 3,436 |
| 2020 | #1,031 | 243 | #108 | 3,382 |
| 2019 | #1,355 | 167 | #116 | 3,325 |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | #131 | 3,015 |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | #122 | 3,270 |
| 2016 | #1,785 | 116 | #102 | 3,893 |
| 2015 | #1,609 | 133 | #98 | 4,165 |
| 2014 | #1,652 | 129 | #95 | 4,113 |
| 2013 | #1,929 | 103 | #103 | 3,791 |
| 2012 | #1,807 | 112 | #100 | 3,821 |
| 2011 | #1,646 | 130 | #108 | 3,710 |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 | #135 | 2,967 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 | #146 | 2,721 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #203 | 1,936 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #217 | 1,755 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #257 | 1,346 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #296 | 1,110 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #341 | 832 |
| 2003 | — | #653 | 305 | |
| 2002 | — | #719 | 246 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #902 | 174 |
| 2000 | — | #796 | 203 | |
| 1999 | — | #916 | 162 | |
| 1998 | — | #918 | 155 | |
| 1997 | — | #810 | 181 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #926 | 143 | |
| 1994 | — | #950 | 135 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,266 | 80 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,321 | 73 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,867 | 42 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,161 | 26 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
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| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five boys were named Ryder! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ryder 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 · boys
- West Virginia#39 · 1 in 187
- Hawaii#45 · 1 in 172
- Wyoming#47 · 1 in 121
- New Hampshire#55 · 1 in 188
- Kentucky#62 · 1 in 289
Best ever in a state: #13 in Hawaii, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #39 | 33 | 1 in 187 |
| Hawaii | #45 | 17 | 1 in 172 |
| Wyoming | #47 | 9 | 1 in 121 |
| New Hampshire | #55 | 24 | 1 in 188 |
| Kentucky | #62 | 71 | 1 in 289 |
| Alabama | #68 | 68 | 1 in 316 |
| Arkansas | #83 | 37 | 1 in 340 |
| Louisiana | #84 | 56 | 1 in 342 |
| Idaho | #85 | 27 | 1 in 320 |
| Montana | #85 | 14 | 1 in 269 |
| Mississippi | #86 | 31 | 1 in 350 |
| Tennessee | #88 | 95 | 1 in 387 |
| Rhode Island | #90 | 12 | 1 in 260 |
| Missouri | #92 | 69 | 1 in 403 |
| Nevada | #92 | 32 | 1 in 353 |
| Utah | #98 | 52 | 1 in 378 |
| Delaware | #101 | 10 | 1 in 295 |
| Ohio | #103 | 125 | 1 in 420 |
| Oregon | #104 | 37 | 1 in 407 |
| South Dakota | #116 | 11 | 1 in 349 |
| Indiana | #118 | 67 | 1 in 473 |
| North Carolina | #118 | 101 | 1 in 510 |
| New Mexico | #121 | 16 | 1 in 406 |
| Florida | #122 | 176 | 1 in 543 |
| Michigan | #122 | 83 | 1 in 484 |
| Maine | #126 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Pennsylvania | #126 | 101 | 1 in 517 |
| Iowa | #127 | 32 | 1 in 432 |
| Washington | #130 | 61 | 1 in 538 |
| Nebraska | #136 | 19 | 1 in 464 |
| North Dakota | #136 | 9 | 1 in 373 |
| Arizona | #138 | 64 | 1 in 511 |
| South Carolina | #139 | 40 | 1 in 530 |
| Oklahoma | #142 | 33 | 1 in 536 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 379 |
| Georgia | #144 | 83 | 1 in 605 |
| Illinois | #146 | 80 | 1 in 619 |
| Minnesota | #149 | 43 | 1 in 570 |
| Virginia | #156 | 57 | 1 in 654 |
| Kansas | #160 | 24 | 1 in 585 |
| Texas | #162 | 226 | 1 in 775 |
| California | #163 | 238 | 1 in 737 |
| Massachusetts | #163 | 41 | 1 in 659 |
| Connecticut | #179 | 19 | 1 in 695 |
| Wisconsin | #182 | 34 | 1 in 689 |
| Colorado | #191 | 36 | 1 in 746 |
| Maryland | #196 | 30 | 1 in 763 |
| New York | #198 | 99 | 1 in 853 |
| New Jersey | #206 | 46 | 1 in 864 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Ryder
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2 spots since 2024 (#134 → #132)
- 24 spots since 2020 (#108 → #132)
- Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1994
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1998
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2014 at #95 (4,113 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2014–2015
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 460
- Highest: 1 in 460 boys born in 2015 were named Ryder (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 630 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
- Its best rank, #95 in 2014, was only 1 in 467 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 54.1% of all boys named Ryder (36,070) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55 | #2,216 (1966) | #3,052 |
| 1970s | 154 | #1,983 (1974) | #2,627 |
| 1980s | 208 | #2,057 (1987) | #2,607 |
| 1990s | 1,129 | #810 (1997) | #1,214 |
| 2000s | 10,628 | #146 (2009) | #453 |
| 2010s | 36,070 | #95 (2014) | #111 |
| 2020s | 18,395 | #108 (2020) | #121 |
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.
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