Ry vs Ryan

Side-by-side comparison of Ry and Ryan - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Ry

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Ryan

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Metric Ry Ryan
Current Rank Unranked #87
Total Births (all years) 417 964,123
Peak Year 1992 1985
Peak Year Births 15 29,905
Peak Decade 1980s 1980s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1971 1906

Births by Decade

Decade Ry Ryan
1900s - 10
1910s - 55
1920s - 111
1930s - 134
1940s - 500
1950s - 1,961
1960s - 11,322
1970s 40 139,635
1980s 112 278,938
1990s 81 241,248
2000s 81 173,244
2010s 73 91,006
2020s 30 25,959

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Ry Ryan
2014 7 9,098
2015 5 8,548
2016 8 8,261
2017 7 7,706
2018 10 6,943
2019 6 6,127
2020 11 5,348
2021 12 4,735
2022 7 4,403
2023 - 4,035
2024 - 3,906
2025 - 3,532

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1971–2022.

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