Ryker

Where Ryker comes from

The dictionaries list Ryker as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Ryker Evans born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 2018
    Peak, #122
    3,247 babies named Ryker — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ryker Evans · Canadian ice hockey player, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.