Ryotaro — boys' name
37 babies named Ryotaro in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Ryotaro was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ryotaro in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ryotaro
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Ryotaro between 1996 and 2002, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ryotaro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryotaro performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ryotaro shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ryotaro 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 37 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.
Ryotaro at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ryotaro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1996
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
37 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 8 births in a single year.
Ryotaro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 65% of Ryotaro's all-time total
Ryotaro decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ryotaro's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 1996–2002 (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.