# Ryan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹaɪən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rye, Rye-Rye |
| Variant spellings | Rian, Ryann, Ryanne, Ryana |
| US babies named this | 991,747 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 964,123 / 27,624 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69,090, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 506 | 575 |
| 2012 | 467 | 616 |
| 2013 | 438 | 646 |
| 2014 | 606 | 513 |
| 2015 | 680 | 476 |
| 2016 | 688 | 463 |
| 2017 | 773 | 410 |
| 2018 | 869 | 363 |
| 2019 | 773 | 401 |
| 2020 | 684 | 451 |
| 2021 | 635 | 496 |
| 2022 | 515 | 580 |
| 2023 | 433 | 677 |
| 2024 | 400 | 703 |
| 2025 | 393 | 715 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11,503 | 25 |
| 2012 | 10,944 | 26 |
| 2013 | 9,895 | 30 |
| 2014 | 9,098 | 37 |
| 2015 | 8,548 | 39 |
| 2016 | 8,261 | 40 |
| 2017 | 7,706 | 44 |
| 2018 | 6,943 | 46 |
| 2019 | 6,127 | 54 |
| 2020 | 5,348 | 57 |
| 2021 | 4,735 | 66 |
| 2022 | 4,403 | 74 |
| 2023 | 4,035 | 83 |
| 2024 | 3,906 | 87 |
| 2025 | 3,532 | 99 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,151 | 36 |
| 2012 | 1,675 | 42 |
| 2013 | 1,234 | 51 |
| 2014 | 989 | 69 |
| 2015 | 955 | 69 |
| 2016 | 855 | 81 |
| 2017 | 817 | 83 |
| 2018 | 696 | 91 |
| 2019 | 649 | 95 |
| 2020 | 590 | 101 |
| 2021 | 569 | 106 |
| 2022 | 475 | 116 |
| 2023 | 447 | 116 |
| 2024 | 416 | 132 |
| 2025 | 374 | 135 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ريان
- Armenian: Ռայան
- Bulgarian: Райън, Раян
- Chinese: 萊恩 /莱恩
- Finnish: Ryan
- French: Ryan, Rayan
- Georgian: რაიან
- Greek: Ράιαν
- Hebrew: ראיין
- Hindi: रायन
- Irish: Rián
- Japanese: ライアン
- Korean: 라이언
- Portuguese: Ryan
- Russian: Райан, Раян
- Ukrainian: Райан, Раян

## People named Ryan

- Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor (born 1976)
- Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor (born 1980)
- Ryan O'Neal, American actor (1941–2023)
- Ryan Babel, Dutch association football player (born 1986)
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- Ryan Gravenberch, Dutch association football player (born 2002)
- Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
- Ryan Coogler, American filmmaker (born 1986)
- Ryan Bertrand, English association football player
- Ryan Crouser, American athletics competitor
- Ryan Murphy, American screenwriter (born 1965)
- Ryan Sessegnon, English association football player (born 2000)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.