Ryn — #5533 US unisex name
254 babies named Ryn in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Ryn was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Ryn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Ryn between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ryn currently holds the #5533 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Ryn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 54 additional births since 1979.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ryn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ryn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ryn 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 254 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.
Ryn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ryn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2023)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #5533 among girls.
254 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 39 births in a single year.
Ryn popularity over time — boys
54 total births recorded since 1979 (Ryn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ryn accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 140 births that decade — 55% of Ryn's all-time total
Ryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ryn's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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 | 5.9% |
15 of 254 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.