Ryu
#3,474 most common boys' name of all time · #8,469 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1985–2025
Rank among boys
#3,474
Rank overall
#8,469 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
1,690
Since 2016
758
Peak year
2012 #1,319
Best rank
#1,319 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 130/yr
Ryu first appears in 1985. 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 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,349 |
| 2024 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,437 |
| 2023 | — | 75 | 75 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #2,073 |
| 2021 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,954 |
| 2020 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,122 |
| 2018 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,433 |
| 2017 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,912 |
| 2016 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,005 |
| 2015 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,346 |
| 2014 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,970 |
| 2013 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,876 |
| 2012 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,319 |
| 2011 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,922 |
| 2010 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,134 |
| 2009 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,196 |
| 2008 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,425 |
| 2007 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,434 |
| 2006 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,734 |
| 2005 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,221 |
| 2004 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,609 |
| 2003 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,421 |
| 2002 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,762 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,250 |
| 2000 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,666 |
| 1999 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,801 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,410 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,853 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,268 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,695 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,335 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,553 |