Rykker — boys' name
133 babies named Rykker in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
82% of everyone ever named Rykker was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Rykker in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rykker
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Rykker between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rykker currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rykker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rykker shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rykker 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 133 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.
Rykker at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rykker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
133 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 16 births in a single year.
Rykker by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 109 births that decade — 82% of Rykker's all-time total
Rykker decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rykker's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% 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, 2007–2023 (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.