first name
RYKER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,254 people named Ryker, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ryker peaked in 2018, when 3,290 babies got the name.
At least 41,784 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.
Ryker by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #306. The largest share of babies named Ryker, 80.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Ryker is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryker has been most common in Utah (7.2×), Idaho (6.1×), and Wyoming (4.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.14×).
40,205 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Ryker ranks #28,258 of 156,621, with 899 people. See Ryker as a last name
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