# Ryker (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ryker/  
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 | /ˈɹaɪkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 41,784 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41,204 / 580 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 400, 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 | 15 | 8,126 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,687 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,520 |
| 2014 | 48 | 3,361 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,338 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,573 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,057 |
| 2018 | 43 | 3,605 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,542 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,534 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,925 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,267 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,542 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,879 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,336 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,294 | 271 |
| 2012 | 1,655 | 219 |
| 2013 | 2,486 | 164 |
| 2014 | 2,678 | 153 |
| 2015 | 2,769 | 149 |
| 2016 | 2,807 | 148 |
| 2017 | 3,088 | 131 |
| 2018 | 3,247 | 122 |
| 2019 | 2,825 | 135 |
| 2020 | 2,483 | 148 |
| 2021 | 2,495 | 153 |
| 2022 | 2,159 | 175 |
| 2023 | 1,986 | 184 |
| 2024 | 2,024 | 183 |
| 2025 | 2,003 | 183 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 39 | 810 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 48 | 719 |
| 2022 | 37 | 844 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Ryker

- Ryker Evans, Canadian ice hockey 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.