Ryer

Peak · boys
2008 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
198
since 2001

Ryer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ryer has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,487, 2008boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#8,9878
2023#6,22014
2022#7,26211
2021#8,8258
2020#8,0679
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017#8,1409
2016#8,1469
2015#8,7448
2014#9,6427
2013#5,65915
2012#8,1589
2011#6,57812
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2009#8,9858
2008#5,48716
2007#7,59010
2006#9,5857
2005#10,1516
2004#9,9486
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Ryer! It came in at #10,556, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001–2003, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ryer is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Ryer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ryer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,793 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,194)
  • 873 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #7,194)
  • 1,550 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2008 at #5,487 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 1 yr later
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 122,184
  • Highest: 1 in 122,184 boys born in 2023 were named Ryer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,487 in 2008, was only 1 in 127,509 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 39.9% of all boys named Ryer (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s58#5,487 (2008)#8,900
2010s79#5,659 (2013)#8,819
2020s61#6,220 (2023)#7,759

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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Ryer: Baby Name Popularity Since 1880 · Name Pop