Boys' name · since 1960
Rydell
417 babies named Rydell in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,265 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 417
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rydell currently ranks #12265 among boys' names in America, with 417 babies recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rydell has been recorded 417 times among boys since 1960, currently ranked #12265 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #8,812 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,265 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 417 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rydell ranks #8,812 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,265 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 417 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,265 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 417
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rydell's 417 recorded births place it above 80.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rydell compares
417 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rydell's all-time total is 13% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rydell | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 417 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rydell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rydell's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rydell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Rydell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (98 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Rydell's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Rydell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 98 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rydell's data
- Rydell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rydell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rydell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.