Rye

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Peak · boys
#1,922
2020 · 76 births
Debut · boys
1971
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,070
since 1971

Rye over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #6,229, 2022peak #1,922, 2020girlsboys
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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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2025#8,86011#2,51653
2024—#2,41857
2023#7,24715#2,41656
2022#6,22919#2,32561
2021#6,41418#2,46454
2020#9,54610#1,92276
2019#9,11211#2,22862
2018#7,40915#2,16764
2017#11,6158#3,31234
2016#11,7818#2,66146
2015#11,8358#2,91940
2014#10,9559#3,45631
2013#16,5475#3,49730
2012#16,8695#2,77243
2011—#3,60529
2010#11,2469#3,70828
2009—#4,16024
2008#10,80710#6,07014
2007#17,6365#4,64020
2006—#4,22322
2005—#4,32620
2004—#5,00716
2003—#5,87712
2002—#8,4567
2001—#4,89015
2000—#5,92011
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1998—#5,84010
1997—#6,1009
1996—#5,53510
1995—#8,8685
1994—#7,7706
1993—#6,8167
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1990—#5,3829
1989—#5,6158
1988—#5,7517
1987—#4,9688
1986—#5,9266
1985—#5,7856
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1980—#4,9407
1979—#3,56911
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1977—#5,1236
1976—#3,7249
1975—#5,4645
1974—#5,2275
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1972—#4,4416
1971—#4,9075
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Rye! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rye is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedHITexas: #1,908 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,881 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rye, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881
  2. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #562 in Massachusetts, 2020.

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California#2,47151 in 35,095
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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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See more about Rye
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 594 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #2,516)
  • 403 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #2,516)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2020 at #1,922 (76 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,712
  • Highest: 1 in 22,712 boys born in 2020 were named Rye (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 38.0% of all boys named Rye (407) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s47#3,569 (1979)#4,636
1980s42#4,940 (1980)#5,498
1990s56#5,382 (1990)#6,616
2000s161#4,160 (2009)#5,357
2010s407#2,167 (2018)#3,033
2020s357#1,922 (2020)#2,344

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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