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

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Peak · boys
2014 · 4,113 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
66,639
since 1960

Ryder over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #95, 2014boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,808111#1322,710
2024#1,317174#1342,703
2023#1,209197#1282,838
2022#1,177204#1153,326
2021#996257#1113,436
2020#1,031243#1083,382
2019#1,355167#1163,325
2018#1,813112#1313,015
2017#2,16088#1223,270
2016#1,785116#1023,893
2015#1,609133#984,165
2014#1,652129#954,113
2013#1,929103#1033,791
2012#1,807112#1003,821
2011#1,646130#1083,710
2010#3,47046#1352,967
2009#4,57132#1462,721
2008#7,40817#2031,936
2007#5,37726#2171,755
2006#5,38325#2571,346
2005#9,45211#2961,110
2004#9,26411#341832
2003—#653305
2002—#719246
2001#15,3525#902174
2000—#796203
1999—#916162
1998—#918155
1997—#810181
1996—#999125
1995—#926143
1994—#950135
1993—#1,26680
1992—#1,32173
1991—#1,86742
1990—#2,17033
1989—#2,69023
1988—#2,09030
1987—#2,05729
1986—#2,16126
1985—#2,11626
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,67617
1982—#2,97215
1981—#2,77916
1980—#3,25613
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,79915
1977—#2,55617
1976—#2,41718
1975—#2,63715
1974—#1,98322
1973—#3,01311
1972—#2,32316
1971—#3,3709
1970—#2,39915
1969—#2,21715
1968—#4,1365
1967—#2,7609
1966—#2,21613
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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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,729 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 41,121 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedHITexas: #1,090 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 19,158 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ryder, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,090 · 1 in 19,158
  2. California#1,729 · 1 in 41,121

Best ever in a state: #13 in Hawaii, 2022.

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California#1,72971 in 41,121
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See more about Ryder
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#134 → #132)
  • 24 spots since 2020 (#108 → #132)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#98 → #132)
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1994 (#1,266 → #950)
  • Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1998 (#810 → #918)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s55#2,216 (1966)#3,052
1970s154#1,983 (1974)#2,627
1980s208#2,057 (1987)#2,607
1990s1,129#810 (1997)#1,214
2000s10,628#146 (2009)#453
2010s36,070#95 (2014)#111
2020s18,395#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.

Ryder in 1991

boys
#1,867
42 births · 1 in 48,103 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,867Ryder42
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 48,103 of them was named Ryder, which outranked 80.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ryder
  1. #1,823Tyrice43
  2. #1,823Vinh43
  3. #1,823Zain43
  4. #1,867Ryder42
  5. #1,867Ajay42
  6. #1,867Arman42
  7. #1,867Armond42
  8. #1,895Aleksander41
  9. #1,895Arin41
  10. #1,895Bee41

Tied with 27 names at #1,867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →