Names like Ryan
In 2025, 3,532 boys born in the US were named Ryan, #99 among boys' names.
It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1906, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1946.
Its best rank was #11, in 3 of the years from 1986 to 1991.
The most births in one year were 29,905, in 1985.
Births fell 59% from 8,548 in 2015.
For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1941 or later (Ryan's began in 1946).
Ryan's rank every ten years
- 1880—
- 1890—
- 1900—
- 1910—
- 1920—
- 1930—
- 1940—
- 1950#674
- 1960#406
- 1970#139
- 1980#15
- 1990#11
- 2000#13
- 2010#23
- 2020#57
- 2025#99
— outside the top 1,000
12 boy names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Ryan's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.