Ryota

Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Kanji

Ryota has been given to 185 babies in the U.S. since 1989. 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 1995, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Ryota, 2017

1 in 715,000

Ryota over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ryota: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Kanji

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ryota means

Ryota is a alternate transcription of Kanji.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ryota is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɾʲo̞ː.tä/ for Ryota.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kanji.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 185 boys were recorded with the name Ryota between 1989 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1995; its best national rank was #5,059 in 1995.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ryota?

Ryota had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ryota 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 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ryota. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ryotas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ryota was born before 2000 — so the typical Ryota is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 185; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Ryota 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1995 (12)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,059; 1995

Spellings of Ryota

Ryota is not the most common spelling — Ryatt is, with 24.1% against Ryota's 1.8%.

Ryatt24.1%2,502
Ryon19.3%2,009
Riot12.5%1,295
Rosa11.3%1,173
Kota10.1%1,047
Ryo8.0%827
Rita7.5%778
Roma5.5%576

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ryota around the world

Where Ryota 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
1997–2010
#4,678
in 2010
France
1979–1979
#2,207
in 1979

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ryota 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: —
Best rank ever: #5,059; 1995
Peak year: 1995; 12 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 185
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ryota

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

Ryott Ryoma Ryot Shota Sota Jakota Nakota Takota Ryo Ryosuke Dekota Kota Lakota Dacota Ryotaro Ryon Dokota Decota Dkota Dakkota Ryou Cota Daykota Kenyota

Sibling names for Ryota

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

For a sister

Salena Corrina Darby Alexandrea Iman Breonna Fabiola Berenice

For a brother

Hernan Travon Madison Austen Deonte Denton Austyn Claudio

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