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Ry

Boys' name

Short form of Ryan

Ry has been given to 417 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Ry, 2022

1 in 484,000

Ry over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ry: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Ryan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ry means

Ry is a short form of Ryan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ry is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪ/ for Ry.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ry → Ryan → Rhian → Rhian. The family’s meaning is “maiden”, recorded in Welsh with the source elements rhiain.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ryan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 417 boys were recorded with the name Ry between 1971 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,165 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ry?

Ry had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 484,000
7 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 249,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
335,262 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ry sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 335,262 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ry was born before 1996 — so the typical Ry is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
26.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
417
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 26.9% of all recorded uses (112).

Is Ry rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1992 (15)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,165
1977

Ry around the world

Where Ry ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2010
    #4,678
    in 2010
  • Scotland
    2000–2000
    #429
    in 2000
  • South Australia
    1981–2007
    #437
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ry by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,165
1977
Peak year
1992
15 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
417
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ry

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ry

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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