girls:
1.6k births since 1971
#4179 (27th percentile)
boys:
19 births since 1982
#4567 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1971
#6152 (20th percentile)
The name Rya is the #6,152 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,594 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 20.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,179 (26.9% percentile) for all time with 1,575 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,567 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 19 births since 1982.
Rya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Rya is available in 43 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rya reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.9% percentile (ranked #796) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 93 births per million (ranked 16.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #793 (16.3% percentile) with 91 births per million.
For boys, Rya reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #702) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.5% confident that Rya is pronounced as RAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REE-uh, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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