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.

Ryen**

#2,824 most common boys' name of all time · #6,800 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1974–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,824
Rank overall
#6,800 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
2,391
Since 2016
420
Peak year
2005 #2,174
Best rank
#2,174 2005
Girls Boys peak 119/yr
198020002020

Ryen first appears in 1974. 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 15 7 22 #9,955
2024 13 13 26 #6,587
2023 19 13 32 #6,639
2022 29 14 43 #6,256
2021 22 9 31 #8,366
2020 24 16 40 #5,543
2019 23 15 38 #5,910
2018 28 34 62 #3,331
2017 31 32 63 #3,483
2016 34 29 63 #3,727
2015 35 23 58 #4,342
2014 34 26 60 #3,947
2013 23 31 54 #3,441
2012 32 33 65 #3,329
2011 38 42 80 #2,832
2010 37 47 84 #2,607
2009 42 46 88 #2,680
2008 45 41 86 #2,911
2007 51 35 86 #3,218
2006 56 49 105 #2,496
2005 63 56 119 #2,174
2004 57 45 102 #2,474
2003 37 31 68 #3,089
2002 35 42 77 #2,416
2001 26 34 60 #2,776
2000 26 41 67 #2,357
1999 35 34 69 #2,593
1998 22 39 61 #2,302
1997 18 28 46 #2,803
1996 18 35 53 #2,325
1995 10 30 40 #2,539
1994 10 32 42 #2,427
1993 10 20 30 #3,322
1992 — 30 30 #2,456
1991 10 33 43 #2,215
1990 — 29 29 #2,423
1989 10 31 41 #2,238
1988 — 15 15 #3,486
1987 6 20 26 #2,709
1986 8 19 27 #2,769
1985 5 17 22 #2,928
1984 6 8 14 #4,865
1983 — 18 18 #2,670
1982 — 18 18 #2,693
1981 9 10 19 #4,100
1980 — 8 8 #4,844
1979 7 16 23 #2,888
1978 — 8 8 #4,496
1977 — 9 9 #4,121
1976 — 8 8 #4,389
1975 — 8 8 #4,279
1974 — 5 5 #5,970