Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys
Origin: IrishRyan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly for both boys and girls since the 1970s. It comes from the surname Ryan, which is typically an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Riaghain / Ó Riain.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ryan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
29,909 births in 1985 was Ryan's high point by raw count; #11, the rank's own best, showed up the following year. Both numbers have been sliding since — 3,892 births and #87 by 2024, a 57% drop over just the last ten years, the steepest fall in this batch.
Nearly a million US babies have carried this name since 1906, when it first entered the data — later than most Irish-origin names of comparable size.
Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds, born just four years apart, cover most of the name's current public image between them.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 10 | #844 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,708 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,464 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,424 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,455 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,514 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,095 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,580 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,044 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,484 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,907 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,302 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,282 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,107 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,249 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,891 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,155 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,080 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,348 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,104 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,375 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,048 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,976 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,829 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,483 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,674 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,072 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,376 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,181 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,118 |
| 1946 | 65 | #818 |
| 1947 | 102 | #689 |
| 1948 | 82 | #751 |
| 1949 | 102 | #680 |
| 1950 | 99 | #690 |
| 1951 | 105 | #682 |
| 1952 | 126 | #626 |
| 1953 | 145 | #604 |
| 1954 | 132 | #640 |
| 1955 | 176 | #554 |
| 1956 | 192 | #549 |
| 1957 | 278 | #462 |
| 1958 | 308 | #446 |
| 1959 | 400 | #397 |
| 1960 | 380 | #408 |
| 1961 | 389 | #401 |
| 1962 | 397 | #405 |
| 1963 | 647 | #310 |
| 1964 | 515 | #346 |
| 1965 | 1,086 | #221 |
| 1966 | 1,573 | #171 |
| 1967 | 1,927 | #147 |
| 1968 | 2,167 | #131 |
| 1969 | 2,246 | #135 |
| 1970 | 2,323 | #140 |
| 1971 | 6,184 | #51 |
| 1972 | 8,879 | #39 |
| 1973 | 10,513 | #30 |
| 1974 | 13,179 | #25 |
| 1975 | 15,297 | #23 |
| 1976 | 17,486 | #16 |
| 1977 | 21,249 | #16 |
| 1978 | 21,322 | #14 |
| 1979 | 23,211 | #14 |
| 1980 | 24,798 | #15 |
| 1981 | 26,814 | #13 |
| 1982 | 26,686 | #13 |
| 1983 | 27,849 | #13 |
| 1984 | 28,726 | #12 |
| 1985 | 29,909 | #12 |
| 1986 | 29,525 | #11 |
| 1987 | 28,490 | #13 |
| 1988 | 27,750 | #13 |
| 1989 | 28,407 | #13 |
| 1990 | 29,257 | #11 |
| 1991 | 27,534 | #11 |
| 1992 | 27,018 | #13 |
| 1993 | 26,729 | #13 |
| 1994 | 24,066 | #16 |
| 1995 | 23,087 | #15 |
| 1996 | 21,810 | #16 |
| 1997 | 20,528 | #16 |
| 1998 | 20,198 | #17 |
| 1999 | 21,013 | #12 |
| 2000 | 20,269 | #13 |
| 2001 | 18,289 | #15 |
| 2002 | 17,658 | #16 |
| 2003 | 19,578 | #13 |
| 2004 | 19,497 | #12 |
| 2005 | 17,988 | #14 |
| 2006 | 16,432 | #14 |
| 2007 | 15,721 | #16 |
| 2008 | 14,686 | #18 |
| 2009 | 13,120 | #20 |
| 2010 | 11,981 | #23 |
| 2011 | 11,503 | #25 |
| 2012 | 10,944 | #26 |
| 2013 | 9,893 | #30 |
| 2014 | 9,098 | #37 |
| 2015 | 8,547 | #39 |
| 2016 | 8,258 | #40 |
| 2017 | 7,705 | #44 |
| 2018 | 6,940 | #46 |
| 2019 | 6,120 | #54 |
| 2020 | 5,341 | #57 |
| 2021 | 4,732 | #66 |
| 2022 | 4,399 | #74 |
| 2023 | 4,034 | #83 |
| 2024 | 3,892 | #87 |
