Unisex name · since 2002
Ryn
Ryn has 279 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ryn is the #5353 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 279 recorded since 2002.
Ryn has 279 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5353 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,535 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,353 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ryn ranks #16,535 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ryn's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ryn compares
279 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ryn's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ryn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ryn splits its recorded history at 2017: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ryn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ryn popularity over time - boys
59 total births recorded since 1979 (Ryn as boys' name)
Ryn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (165 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Ryn's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Ryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
165 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 165 births (59% of all-time use).
Ryn by state
Where Ryn concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 5.4% |
15 of 279 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Ryns (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Ryn 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.