Ryu — #1451 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ryu

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,624 babies named Ryu between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ryu currently holds the #1451 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 130 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ryu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 741 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ryu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ryu in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ryu 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 1,624 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.