Rye*
#4,220 most common boys' name of all time · #10,335 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1971–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,220
Rank overall
#10,335 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,236
Since 2016
678
Peak year
2020 #1,927
Best rank
#1,927 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 86/yr
Rye first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 53 | 64 | #2,528 |
| 2024 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 15 | 56 | 71 | #2,429 |
| 2022 | 19 | 61 | 80 | #2,339 |
| 2021 | 18 | 54 | 72 | #2,482 |
| 2020 | 10 | 76 | 86 | #1,927 |
| 2019 | 11 | 62 | 73 | #2,248 |
| 2018 | 15 | 64 | 79 | #2,181 |
| 2017 | 8 | 34 | 42 | #3,345 |
| 2016 | 8 | 46 | 54 | #2,671 |
| 2015 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #2,945 |
| 2014 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #3,485 |
| 2013 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #3,538 |
| 2012 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #2,796 |
| 2011 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,641 |
| 2010 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #3,753 |
| 2009 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,210 |
| 2008 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,166 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,698 |
| 2006 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,295 |
| 2005 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,379 |
| 2004 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,115 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,013 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,733 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,005 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,014 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,739 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,319 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,147 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,159 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,604 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,959 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,107 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,258 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,379 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,175 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,317 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,762 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,592 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,033 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,763 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,909 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,621 |