Ryan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #148 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,925 babies. Ryan first appears in the data in 1906 and reached its peak in 1985 (30,475 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,925 | #148 |
| 2024 | 4,306 | #126 |
| 2023 | 4,468 | #122 |
| 2022 | 4,918 | #108 |
| 2021 | 5,370 | #101 |
| 2020 | 6,032 | #81 |
| 2019 | 6,900 | #67 |
| 2018 | 7,812 | #55 |
| 2017 | 8,479 | #51 |
| 2016 | 8,949 | #53 |
| 2015 | 9,228 | #53 |
| 2014 | 9,704 | #44 |
| 2013 | 10,333 | #39 |
| 2012 | 11,411 | #35 |
| 2011 | 12,009 | #33 |
| 2010 | 12,446 | #31 |
| 2009 | 13,649 | #27 |
| 2008 | 15,261 | #24 |
| 2007 | 16,428 | #23 |
| 2006 | 17,123 | #18 |
| 2005 | 18,666 | #15 |
| 2004 | 20,196 | #13 |
| 2003 | 20,176 | #14 |
| 2002 | 18,177 | #18 |
| 2001 | 18,754 | #19 |
| 2000 | 20,717 | #13 |
| 1999 | 21,468 | #15 |
| 1998 | 20,675 | #20 |
| 1997 | 20,887 | #21 |
| 1996 | 22,191 | #20 |
| 1995 | 23,443 | #17 |
| 1994 | 24,424 | #18 |
| 1993 | 27,077 | #16 |
| 1992 | 27,399 | #15 |
| 1991 | 27,967 | #14 |
| 1990 | 29,714 | #15 |
| 1989 | 28,974 | #17 |
| 1988 | 28,362 | #17 |
| 1987 | 29,188 | #16 |
| 1986 | 30,227 | #15 |
| 1985 | 30,475 | #14 |
| 1984 | 29,267 | #16 |
| 1983 | 28,459 | #17 |
| 1982 | 27,281 | #17 |
| 1981 | 27,486 | #18 |
| 1980 | 25,397 | #20 |
| 1979 | 23,770 | #18 |
| 1978 | 21,902 | #19 |
| 1977 | 21,608 | #21 |
| 1976 | 17,647 | #24 |
| 1975 | 15,435 | #32 |
| 1974 | 13,304 | #35 |
| 1973 | 10,595 | #49 |
| 1972 | 8,934 | #67 |
| 1971 | 6,229 | #105 |
| 1970 | 2,347 | #284 |
| 1969 | 2,261 | #281 |
| 1968 | 2,180 | #283 |
| 1967 | 1,942 | #315 |
| 1966 | 1,590 | #371 |
| 1965 | 1,090 | #481 |
| 1964 | 520 | #763 |
| 1963 | 647 | #679 |
| 1962 | 397 | #874 |
| 1961 | 388 | #877 |
| 1960 | 385 | #881 |
| 1959 | 407 | #860 |
| 1958 | 308 | #988 |
| 1957 | 278 | #1,024 |
| 1956 | 192 | #1,218 |
| 1955 | 176 | #1,243 |
| 1954 | 132 | #1,418 |
| 1953 | 145 | #1,328 |
| 1952 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 1951 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1950 | 99 | #1,540 |
| 1949 | 102 | #1,499 |
| 1948 | 82 | #1,666 |
| 1947 | 102 | #1,516 |
| 1946 | 65 | #1,827 |
| 1945 | 35 | #2,362 |
| 1944 | 23 | #3,018 |
| 1943 | 34 | #2,488 |
| 1942 | 26 | #2,843 |
| 1941 | 13 | #4,171 |
| 1940 | 18 | #3,368 |
| 1939 | 21 | #2,995 |
| 1938 | 8 | #5,401 |
| 1937 | 14 | #3,867 |
| 1936 | 13 | #4,016 |
| 1935 | 11 | #4,550 |
| 1934 | 13 | #4,079 |
| 1933 | 11 | #4,467 |
| 1932 | 14 | #4,005 |
| 1931 | 15 | #3,786 |
| 1930 | 14 | #4,147 |
| 1929 | 6 | #7,011 |
| 1928 | 14 | #4,278 |
| 1927 | 9 | #5,751 |
| 1926 | 14 | #4,385 |
| 1925 | 14 | #4,445 |
| 1924 | 7 | #6,961 |
| 1923 | 10 | #5,544 |
| 1922 | 8 | #6,455 |
| 1921 | 17 | #4,023 |
| 1920 | 12 | #4,930 |
| 1919 | 6 | #7,403 |
| 1918 | 12 | #4,815 |
| 1917 | 8 | #5,896 |
| 1916 | 7 | #6,277 |
| 1914 | 9 | #4,536 |
| 1913 | 7 | #4,608 |
| 1911 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 1906 | 10 | #2,060 |