Ryo

Ryo was the #2,641 boys' name in the US in 2025 (49 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Ryo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ryo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Ryo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,641 (49)#3,256 (6)#2,789 (6)
2024#2,313 (61)#2,444 (9)#2,238 (8)
2023#5,666 (16)#2,326 (9)#2,921 (5)
2022#5,445 (17)——
2021#5,338 (17)#3,990 (4)#2,491 (6)
2020#4,698 (20)#3,334 (5)—
2019#6,406 (13)#3,937 (4)#2,756 (5)
2018#6,036 (14)#3,959 (4)—
2017#7,095 (11)——
2016#5,555 (16)#3,478 (5)—
2015#5,289 (17)#4,747 (3)—
2014#4,866 (19)——
2013#4,981 (18)—#2,086 (7)
2012#3,714 (28)#3,416 (5)#2,368 (6)
2011#4,356 (22)#3,830 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,313.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ryo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,800 to 1 in 56,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ryo 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ryo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RyoCanadaBoys#2,7896
RyoEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
RyoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RyoUSBoys#2,64149