How rare is the name Ryne?

3,975 people in the United States have the first name Ryne, about 1 in 75,983. It ranks #4,620 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RYNE

#4,620

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,975
About
1 in 75,983
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,975 people named Ryne, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. 97.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ryne peaked in 1985, when 286 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
286
In 2025*
18 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,404 babies have been given the name since 1958. 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.

Ryne by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,914. The largest share of babies named Ryne, 58.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,89353
1960s#9,17748
1980s#1,9141,252
1990s#2,0011,584
2000s#3,797827
2010s#5,503521
2020s#10,370119
Baby boom 1946–642.1%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9658.4%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later9.6%

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 Ryne is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ryne has been most common in Illinois (5.7×), Indiana (5×), and Iowa (4.2×), and least common in New York (0.16×).

2,460 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.

Exactly as common as Ryne

1 other first name also has 3,975 people.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ryne, most common first.

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