How common is the last name Ryan?

137,599 people in the United States have the last name Ryan, about 1 in 2,172. It ranks #201 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RYAN

#201

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
137,599
About
1 in 2,172
This common or more
22.6%
Who bears it

Of the 137,599 people with the last name Ryan, 88.9% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ryan

#199 Yang · 139,210#200 Le · 138,532#202 Gardner · 137,379#203 Kelley · 137,250

Spelled almost the same

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

#24,236 Ryon · 1,077#57,292 Ryen · 384#64,212 Ryun · 335#73,993 Rynn · 282

Also a first name

As a first name, Ryan ranks #34 of 53,615, with 874,269 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1985, with 30,475 births. See Ryan as a first name

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