How rare is the name Ryder?

44,966 people in the United States have the first name Ryder, about 1 in 6,717. It ranks #968 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RYDER

#968

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
44,966
About
1 in 6,717
This common or more
69.6%
Who bears it

Of the 44,966 people named Ryder, 80.3% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% as two or more races. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ryder peaked in 2015, when 4,298 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
4,298
In 2025*
2,821 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 69,088 babies have been given the name since 1960. 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.

Ryder by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #181. The largest share of babies named Ryder, 66.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#8,68455
1970s#6,309154
1980s#6,221208
1990s#2,4941,129
2000s#59610,755
2010s#18137,206
2020s#19019,581
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–1231.9%
2013 and later66.6%

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 Ryder is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryder has been most common in Nevada (3.4×), Alaska (2.9×), and Hawaii (2.7×), and least common in New York (0.43×).

66,645 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 Ryder

#966 Kelley · 45,163#967 Weston · 45,042#969 Graham · 44,924#970 Anastasia · 44,877

Also a last name

As a last name, Ryder ranks #2,539 of 156,621, with 13,874 people. See Ryder as a last name

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