Ryker
- #4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births
- #182 for boys in 2025, 2,003 births
- Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 3,247 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 41,204since 1970
Ryker over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ryker has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | #182 | 2,003 |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | #182 | 2,024 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | #184 | 1,986 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #175 | 2,159 |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 | #153 | 2,495 |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | #148 | 2,483 |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | #135 | 2,825 |
| 2018 | #3,559 | 43 | #122 | 3,247 |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | #131 | 3,088 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | #148 | 2,807 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #149 | 2,769 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | #153 | 2,678 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #164 | 2,486 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #219 | 1,655 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #270 | 1,294 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #309 | 1,030 |
| 2009 | — | #354 | 883 | |
| 2008 | — | #418 | 704 | |
| 2007 | — | #535 | 480 | |
| 2006 | — | #627 | 376 | |
| 2005 | — | #717 | 283 | |
| 2004 | — | #785 | 230 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #936 | 175 |
| 2002 | — | #1,064 | 142 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,168 | 118 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,323 | 97 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,283 | 95 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,224 | 100 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,509 | 69 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,533 | 65 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,354 | 76 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,303 | 80 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,721 | 50 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,697 | 50 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Ryker! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ryker 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#36 · 1 in 171
- Kentucky#52 · 1 in 260
- Wyoming#54 · 1 in 136
- South Dakota#57 · 1 in 214
- Montana#66 · 1 in 235
Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #36 | 36 | 1 in 171 |
| Kentucky | #52 | 79 | 1 in 260 |
| Wyoming | #54 | 8 | 1 in 136 |
| South Dakota | #57 | 18 | 1 in 214 |
| Montana | #66 | 16 | 1 in 235 |
| Iowa | #76 | 43 | 1 in 322 |
| North Dakota | #77 | 14 | 1 in 240 |
| Oklahoma | #84 | 49 | 1 in 361 |
| Arkansas | #87 | 36 | 1 in 350 |
| Idaho | #89 | 26 | 1 in 332 |
| Missouri | #92 | 69 | 1 in 403 |
| Nebraska | #93 | 26 | 1 in 339 |
| Mississippi | #95 | 30 | 1 in 361 |
| Kansas | #101 | 36 | 1 in 390 |
| Ohio | #103 | 125 | 1 in 420 |
| Alabama | #110 | 47 | 1 in 458 |
| Maine | #113 | 12 | 1 in 320 |
| Colorado | #121 | 58 | 1 in 463 |
| Minnesota | #124 | 52 | 1 in 471 |
| Tennessee | #124 | 76 | 1 in 484 |
| Utah | #125 | 41 | 1 in 480 |
| Indiana | #130 | 64 | 1 in 495 |
| Washington | #130 | 61 | 1 in 538 |
| Wisconsin | #133 | 46 | 1 in 509 |
| Michigan | #142 | 71 | 1 in 566 |
| Oregon | #143 | 28 | 1 in 538 |
| Hawaii | #146 | 7 | 1 in 417 |
| Nevada | #171 | 17 | 1 in 664 |
| Pennsylvania | #175 | 73 | 1 in 716 |
| Arizona | #179 | 48 | 1 in 682 |
| Virginia | #179 | 51 | 1 in 730 |
| Georgia | #189 | 65 | 1 in 773 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 29 | 1 in 731 |
| New Hampshire | #206 | 6 | 1 in 751 |
| Louisiana | #207 | 25 | 1 in 765 |
| Illinois | #226 | 52 | 1 in 953 |
| Florida | #247 | 83 | 1 in 1,151 |
| North Carolina | #260 | 48 | 1 in 1,072 |
| New Mexico | #270 | 7 | 1 in 929 |
| Texas | #272 | 144 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Maryland | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Massachusetts | #335 | 16 | 1 in 1,689 |
| New York | #345 | 51 | 1 in 1,655 |
| California | #429 | 75 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| New Jersey | #655 | 10 | 1 in 3,977 |
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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.
See more about Ryker
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- Held #182 since 2024
- 34 spots since 2020 (#148 → #182)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 2004
- Biggest drop: 22 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2018 at #122 (3,247 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 559
- Highest: 1 in 559 boys born in 2018 were named Ryker (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 853 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 58.0% of all boys named Ryker (23,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,746 |
| 1980s | 48 | #3,705 (1988) | #4,642 |
| 1990s | 623 | #1,224 (1998) | #1,864 |
| 2000s | 3,488 | #354 (2009) | #793 |
| 2010s | 23,879 | #122 (2018) | #180 |
| 2020s | 13,150 | #148 (2020) | #171 |
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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