Is Ryen a boy or girl name?

Ryen is a unisex name. Of the 2,391 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 44.3% were girls and 55.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2024, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Ryen

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Ryen was most popular in 2005, when 119 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,921 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,391 people named Ryen.

Ryen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ryen’s peak in 2005. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ryen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ryen is a unisex name — 44.3% of the 2,391 Americans given it were girls and 55.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 57% girls and 43% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ryen

Where Ryen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org