NameTides

Rya

Rya was the #1,518 girls' name in the US in 2025 (140 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Rya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Rya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Rya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,518 (140)#1,892 (15)—#1,265 (20)
2024#1,236 (190)#1,541 (20)#476 (6)#1,194 (21)
2023#1,407 (159)#1,863 (15)—#1,582 (14)
2022#1,373 (168)#2,674 (9)#760 (3)#1,313 (18)
2021#1,955 (100)#2,073 (13)—#3,280 (5)
2020#3,399 (45)#4,535 (4)—#2,873 (6)
2019#3,552 (43)#5,591 (3)—#2,872 (6)
2018#3,497 (44)#5,666 (3)—#1,862 (11)
2017#3,145 (51)#3,583 (6)—#2,041 (10)
2016#2,902 (58)#5,785 (3)—#2,040 (10)
2015#2,646 (67)#4,736 (4)—#2,363 (8)
2014#2,497 (72)#5,691 (3)—#1,395 (17)
2013#3,218 (50)#3,160 (7)—#1,792 (12)
2012#3,094 (54)——#1,350 (18)
2011#2,555 (70)#5,785 (3)—#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,236.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Rya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Rya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RyaCanadaGirls#1,26520
RyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
RyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RyaScotlandGirls—too few
RyaUSGirls#1,518140
RyaUSBoys—too few