Boys' name · since 2007
Rykker
138 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.
- #15,329 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,006 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rykker currently ranks #13006 among boys' names in America, with 138 babies recorded since 2007.
Rykker has 138 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13006 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #15,329 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,006 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 138 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rykker ranks #15,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,006 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 138 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,329 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,006 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rykker's 138 recorded births place it above 66.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rykker compares
138 31st 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
Rykker's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rykker | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 138 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rykker's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rykker's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rykker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rykker by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 79% of the file).
2010s was Rykker's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Rykker births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Rykker's decade-level peak was the 2010s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rykker: 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 (~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 Rykker 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.