girls:
17 births since 1981
#5699 (0th percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1962
#2808 (39th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1962
#5762 (26th percentile)
The name Ryon is the #5,762 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,015 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 25.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,808 (38.7% percentile) for all time with 1,998 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #5,699 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1981.
Ryon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1981 for girls).
The name Ryon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ryon reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #686) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 34 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ryon ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 14.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ryon reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #775) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ryon".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ryon", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 60 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ryan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ryan..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ryon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Ryon is pronounced as RAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REE-uhn, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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