first name
RYAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 874,269 people named Ryan, 80% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% as Black. 97.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ryan peaked in 1985, when 30,475 babies got the name.
At least 991,747 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ryan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #16. The largest share of babies named Ryan, 44.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ryan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryan has been most common in New Hampshire (1.9×), Alaska (1.8×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.34×).
987,906 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ryan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ryan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ryan ranks #201 of 156,621, with 137,599 people. See Ryan as a last name
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