Unisex name · since 2007
Ryel
Ryel has 46 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,005 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ryel is the #13005 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 46 recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ryel has been recorded 46 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #13005 nationally and more common than 7% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #22,810 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,005 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 46 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ryel ranks #22,810 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,005 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 46 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,005 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ryel's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ryel compares
46 16th 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
Ryel's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ryel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 46 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ryel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ryel's full recorded timeline at 2016, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ryel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ryel popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2013 (Ryel as girls' name)
Ryel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Ryel's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ryel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (50% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ryel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Ryel 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.