Boys' name · since 2009
Ryuu
Ryuu has 52 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 52
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
52 boys have been named Ryuu since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ryuu has 52 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2009 to 2022.
- #21,953 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 52 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ryuu ranks #21,953 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 52
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ryuu's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ryuu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ryuu's full recorded timeline at 2013, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ryuu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2022
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Ryuu by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Ryuu's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Ryuu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Ryuu's decade-level peak was the 2010s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ryuu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2009–2022 (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 Ryuu 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.