Boys' name · since 2006
Rydge
190 babies named Rydge in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,409 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
190 babies have been named Rydge since 2006, making it today's #9409 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rydge has been recorded 190 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #9409 nationally and more common than 32% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #13,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,409 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rydge ranks #13,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,409 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 190 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,409 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rydge's 190 recorded births place it above 70.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rydge compares
190 37th percentile among 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
Rydge's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rydge | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rydge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rydge splits its recorded history at 2016: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rydge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Rydge by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Rydge's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Rydge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rydge's data
- Rydge's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rydge: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Rydge 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.