Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ryan

#29 most common boys' name of all time · #43 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1906–2025

Rank among boys
#29
Rank overall
#43 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
991,747
Since 2016
61,159
Peak year
1985 #12
Best rank
#11 1986
Girls Boys peak 30,475/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ryan first appears in 1906. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 393 3,532 3,925 #99
2024 400 3,906 4,306 #87
2023 433 4,035 4,468 #83
2022 515 4,403 4,918 #74
2021 635 4,735 5,370 #66
2020 684 5,348 6,032 #57
2019 773 6,127 6,900 #54
2018 869 6,943 7,812 #46
2017 773 7,706 8,479 #44
2016 688 8,261 8,949 #40
2015 680 8,548 9,228 #39
2014 606 9,098 9,704 #37
2013 438 9,895 10,333 #30
2012 467 10,944 11,411 #26
2011 506 11,503 12,009 #25
2010 465 11,981 12,446 #23
2009 527 13,122 13,649 #20
2008 575 14,686 15,261 #18
2007 706 15,722 16,428 #16
2006 689 16,434 17,123 #14
2005 676 17,990 18,666 #14
2004 700 19,496 20,196 #12
2003 598 19,578 20,176 #13
2002 519 17,658 18,177 #16
2001 465 18,289 18,754 #15
2000 448 20,269 20,717 #13
1999 454 21,014 21,468 #12
1998 477 20,198 20,675 #17
1997 360 20,527 20,887 #16
1996 382 21,809 22,191 #16
1995 354 23,089 23,443 #15
1994 361 24,063 24,424 #16
1993 350 26,727 27,077 #13
1992 377 27,022 27,399 #13
1991 431 27,536 27,967 #11
1990 451 29,263 29,714 #11
1989 566 28,408 28,974 #13
1988 615 27,747 28,362 #13
1987 698 28,490 29,188 #13
1986 703 29,524 30,227 #11
1985 570 29,905 30,475 #12
1984 543 28,724 29,267 #12
1983 610 27,849 28,459 #13
1982 596 26,685 27,281 #13
1981 675 26,811 27,486 #13
1980 602 24,795 25,397 #15
1979 558 23,212 23,770 #14
1978 580 21,322 21,902 #14
1977 362 21,246 21,608 #16
1976 163 17,484 17,647 #16
1975 139 15,296 15,435 #23
1974 125 13,179 13,304 #25
1973 84 10,511 10,595 #30
1972 56 8,878 8,934 #39
1971 45 6,184 6,229 #51
1970 24 2,323 2,347 #140
1969 16 2,245 2,261 #135
1968 14 2,166 2,180 #131
1967 15 1,927 1,942 #147
1966 17 1,573 1,590 #171
1965 6 1,084 1,090 #221
1964 5 515 520 #347
1963 — 647 647 #310
1962 — 397 397 #405
1961 — 388 388 #402
1960 5 380 385 #408
1959 7 400 407 #397
1958 — 308 308 #446
1957 — 278 278 #463
1956 — 192 192 #550
1955 — 176 176 #554
1954 — 132 132 #640
1953 — 145 145 #603
1952 — 126 126 #626
1951 — 105 105 #681
1950 — 99 99 #689
1949 — 102 102 #679
1948 — 82 82 #751
1947 — 102 102 #688
1946 — 65 65 #818
1945 — 35 35 #1,116
1944 — 23 23 #1,427
1943 — 34 34 #1,184
1942 — 26 26 #1,375
1941 — 13 13 #2,039
1940 — 18 18 #1,664
1939 — 21 21 #1,479
1938 — 8 8 #2,730
1937 — 14 14 #1,955
1936 — 13 13 #2,019
1935 — 11 11 #2,324
1934 — 13 13 #2,068
1933 — 11 11 #2,288
1932 — 14 14 #2,053
1931 — 15 15 #1,960
1930 — 14 14 #2,135
1929 — 6 6 #3,662
1928 — 14 14 #2,217
1927 — 9 9 #2,991
1926 — 14 14 #2,244
1925 — 14 14 #2,254
1924 — 7 7 #3,604
1923 — 10 10 #2,836
1922 — 8 8 #3,323
1921 — 17 17 #2,025
1920 — 12 12 #2,518
1919 — 6 6 #3,825
1918 — 12 12 #2,461
1917 — 8 8 #3,034
1916 — 7 7 #3,266
1914 — 9 9 #2,368
1913 — 7 7 #2,381
1911 — 6 6 #1,691
1906 — 10 10 #851