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.

Rye*

#4,220 most common boys' name of all time · #10,335 across all names · 87% boys / 13% girls · 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
📖The word “rye” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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