Ryan — #87 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ryan

The Social Security Administration has registered 960,560 babies named Ryan between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ryan currently holds the #87 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 29,909 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 278,954 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ryan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 118,234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ryan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ryan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 960,560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.