Ryker — #183 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ryker

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,175 babies named Ryker between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ryker currently holds the #183 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 3,247 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23,875 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ryker shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,488 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ryker in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ryker 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 39,175 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.