Ryheem — boys' name
227 babies named Ryheem in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Ryheem was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ryheem in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ryheem
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Ryheem between 1985 and 2023, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ryheem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryheem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ryheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ryheem 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 227 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.
Ryheem at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ryheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1985
- Peak year (1993)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
227 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 20 births in a single year.
Ryheem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 113 births that decade — 50% of Ryheem's all-time total
Ryheem decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ryheem's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.