# Ryder (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryder/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 69,088 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 66,639 / 2,449 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,380, 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 | 130 | 1,651 |
| 2012 | 112 | 1,820 |
| 2013 | 103 | 1,937 |
| 2014 | 129 | 1,658 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,619 |
| 2016 | 116 | 1,795 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,178 |
| 2018 | 112 | 1,828 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,356 |
| 2020 | 243 | 1,039 |
| 2021 | 257 | 998 |
| 2022 | 204 | 1,182 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,211 |
| 2024 | 174 | 1,325 |
| 2025 | 111 | 1,815 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,710 | 108 |
| 2012 | 3,821 | 100 |
| 2013 | 3,791 | 103 |
| 2014 | 4,113 | 95 |
| 2015 | 4,165 | 98 |
| 2016 | 3,893 | 102 |
| 2017 | 3,270 | 122 |
| 2018 | 3,015 | 131 |
| 2019 | 3,325 | 116 |
| 2020 | 3,382 | 108 |
| 2021 | 3,436 | 111 |
| 2022 | 3,326 | 115 |
| 2023 | 2,838 | 128 |
| 2024 | 2,703 | 134 |
| 2025 | 2,710 | 133 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 701 |
| 2012 | 52 | 654 |
| 2013 | 61 | 581 |
| 2014 | 78 | 502 |
| 2015 | 80 | 489 |
| 2016 | 84 | 482 |
| 2017 | 72 | 537 |
| 2018 | 84 | 481 |
| 2019 | 84 | 476 |
| 2020 | 99 | 410 |
| 2021 | 118 | 378 |
| 2022 | 89 | 453 |
| 2023 | 83 | 482 |
| 2024 | 73 | 529 |
| 2025 | 81 | 478 |

## People named Ryder

- Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
- Ryder Matos, Brazilian footballer
- Donald Ryder Dickey, American ornithologist
- James Ryder Randall, American journalist (1839–1908)
- Ryder Dodd, American water polo player

## 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.