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.

Ryland*

#983 most common boys' name of all time · #2,302 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#983
Rank overall
#2,302 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
13,985
Since 2016
5,150
Peak year
2013 #407
Best rank
#407 2013
Girls Boys peak 754/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ryland first appears in 1912. 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 25 382 407 #704
2024 30 362 392 #729
2023 31 379 410 #702
2022 31 408 439 #669
2021 34 499 533 #565
2020 45 552 597 #521
2019 42 530 572 #536
2018 39 541 580 #526
2017 44 530 574 #534
2016 52 594 646 #504
2015 46 598 644 #492
2014 45 695 740 #437
2013 27 727 754 #407
2012 34 572 606 #477
2011 28 596 624 #452
2010 32 523 555 #496
2009 28 465 493 #569
2008 42 411 453 #609
2007 30 395 425 #622
2006 27 330 357 #683
2005 24 292 316 #703
2004 14 189 203 #905
2003 12 161 173 #987
2002 13 129 142 #1,120
2001 11 94 105 #1,361
2000 7 104 111 #1,261
1999 8 112 120 #1,167
1998 9 80 89 #1,425
1997 — 83 83 #1,346
1996 — 56 56 #1,694
1995 — 62 62 #1,532
1994 — 56 56 #1,635
1993 — 46 46 #1,831
1992 — 60 60 #1,506
1991 — 37 37 #2,030
1990 — 42 42 #1,849
1989 6 42 48 #1,803
1988 — 43 43 #1,654
1987 — 47 47 #1,519
1986 — 29 29 #2,018
1985 — 24 24 #2,240
1984 — 26 26 #2,056
1983 — 31 31 #1,800
1982 — 32 32 #1,789
1981 — 26 26 #2,055
1980 — 21 21 #2,390
1979 — 25 25 #2,069
1978 — 17 17 #2,593
1977 — 21 21 #2,228
1976 — 17 17 #2,535
1975 — 12 12 #3,119
1974 — 18 18 #2,303
1973 — 11 11 #3,075
1972 — 10 10 #3,221
1971 — 11 11 #3,023
1970 — 15 15 #2,445
1969 — 13 13 #2,456
1968 — 16 16 #2,066
1967 — 16 16 #1,999
1966 — 11 11 #2,545
1965 — 11 11 #2,534
1964 — 20 20 #1,827
1963 — 10 10 #2,737
1962 — 14 14 #2,233
1961 — 12 12 #2,476
1960 — 8 8 #3,173
1959 — 20 20 #1,843
1958 — 13 13 #2,318
1957 — 13 13 #2,328
1956 — 22 22 #1,704
1955 — 18 18 #1,879
1954 — 25 25 #1,548
1953 — 21 21 #1,699
1952 — 23 23 #1,601
1951 — 25 25 #1,507
1950 — 12 12 #2,275
1949 — 21 21 #1,651
1948 — 22 22 #1,594
1947 — 23 23 #1,589
1946 — 21 21 #1,587
1945 — 15 15 #1,828
1944 — 20 20 #1,562
1943 — 19 19 #1,680
1942 — 26 26 #1,378
1941 — 18 18 #1,671
1940 — 25 25 #1,362
1939 — 29 29 #1,231
1938 — 23 23 #1,429
1937 — 15 15 #1,888
1936 — 19 19 #1,577
1935 — 22 22 #1,487
1934 — 17 17 #1,773
1933 — 14 14 #1,967
1932 — 12 12 #2,276
1931 — 13 13 #2,180
1930 — 15 15 #2,051
1929 — 21 21 #1,658
1928 — 15 15 #2,134
1927 — 18 18 #1,933
1926 — 20 20 #1,772
1925 — 21 21 #1,736
1924 — 17 17 #2,013
1923 — 16 16 #2,092
1922 — 22 22 #1,687
1921 — 11 11 #2,726
1920 — 17 17 #2,033
1919 — 18 18 #1,865
1918 — 18 18 #1,888
1917 — 13 13 #2,248
1916 — 18 18 #1,764
1915 — 12 12 #2,264
1914 — 11 11 #2,073
1913 — 7 7 #2,418
1912 — 12 12 #1,526