girls:
1k births since 1979
#4687 (18th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1974
#3305 (28th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1974
#5474 (29th percentile)
The name Ryen is the #5,474 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,339 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 29.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,305 (27.9% percentile) for all time with 1,310 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #4,687 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 1,029 births since 1979.
Ryen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1979 for girls).
The name Ryen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 40.0% of babies named Ryen were boys. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for boys (66.4% boys from 1974 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (53.0% girls from 2005 to 2023).
For boys, Ryen reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #822) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ryen ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 24.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ryen reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #881) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ryen ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 33.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ryen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ryen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.2% confident that Ryen is pronounced as RAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAI-ehn, at 8.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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