NameTides

Ryan

Ryan was the #99 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,532 babies), and #135 in England & Wales and #62 in Canada.

Ryan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ryan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Ryan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#99 (3,532)#135 (374)#107 (47)#99 (24)#57 (95)#62 (432)#81 (102)#65 (107)
2024#87 (3,906)#132 (416)#104 (49)#104 (22)#46 (124)#45 (504)#72 (107)#52 (136)
2023#83 (4,035)#116 (447)#117 (45)#76 (33)#33 (151)#40 (517)#52 (145)#57 (103)
2022#74 (4,403)#116 (475)#107 (52)#64 (42)#26 (190)#41 (548)#50 (151)#58 (111)
2021#66 (4,735)#106 (569)#90 (68)#67 (44)#35 (172)#42 (587)#45 (182)#52 (129)
2020#57 (5,348)#101 (590)#59 (85)#48 (53)#30 (181)#39 (610)#42 (182)#37 (167)
2019#54 (6,127)#95 (649)#59 (98)#44 (62)#25 (227)#36 (683)#36 (214)#32 (196)
2018#46 (6,943)#91 (696)#60 (104)#37 (70)#25 (250)#30 (776)#31 (235)#31 (184)
2017#44 (7,706)#83 (817)#50 (117)#35 (72)#24 (260)#30 (801)#30 (245)#27 (199)
2016#40 (8,261)#81 (855)#49 (132)#39 (72)#19 (318)#26 (886)#26 (282)#30 (182)
2015#39 (8,548)#69 (955)#34 (172)#21 (102)#18 (329)#27 (923)#22 (317)#33 (166)
2014#37 (9,098)#69 (989)#33 (208)#14 (128)#16 (373)#25 (988)#22 (317)#27 (196)
2013#30 (9,895)#51 (1,234)#24 (234)#13 (135)#7 (459)#24 (996)#26 (300)#32 (180)
2012#26 (10,944)#42 (1,675)#19 (278)#8 (185)#7 (510)#20 (1,108)#17 (378)#24 (228)
2011#25 (11,503)#36 (2,151)#9 (343)#7 (210)#6 (685)#19 (1,104)#23 (332)#24 (207)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #12.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1906.
  • In 2025, 10% of US babies named Ryan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 480 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 480common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 420common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 350common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 370common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ryan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 510 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 500 to 1 in 520.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ryan by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #155WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #61NHWashington: #121WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #168MNIllinois: #101ILMichigan: #152MINew York: #45NYMassachusetts: #49MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #148NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #149IAIndiana: #158INOhio: #154OHPennsylvania: #75PANew Jersey: #43NJConnecticut: #51CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #80CAUtah: #140UTColorado: #109CONebraska: #179NEMissouri: #145MOKentucky: #187KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #72VAMaryland: #72MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #151AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #167KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #134TNNorth Carolina: #137NCSouth Carolina: #120SCDistrict of Columbia: #82DCOklahoma: #252OKLouisiana: #148LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #157ALGeorgia: #131GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #111TXFlorida: #68FL
Ryan (boys) 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#39233
Quebec2025#8485

Ryan (boys): 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
RyanCanadaGirls#1,49516
RyanCanadaBoys#62432
RyanEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
RyanEngland & WalesBoys#135374
RyanIrelandBoys#5795
RyanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RyanNorthern IrelandBoys#9924
RyanNSWBoys#81102
RyanScotlandBoys#10747
RyanUSGirls#712393
RyanUSBoys#993,532
RyanVICBoys#65107