girls:
5 births since 2022
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1985
#3155 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1985
#6242 (19th percentile)
The name Ryu is the #6,242 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,503 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,155 (31.2% percentile) for all time with 1,498 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2022.
Ryu first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 2022 for girls). Birth data for Ryu is available in 32 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Ryu has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ryu reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 13.9% percentile (ranked #775) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 64 births per million (ranked 13.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ryu ranks #842 for boys (7.6% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 63.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ryu reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #958) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ryu".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ryu. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.6% confident that Ryu is pronounced as REE-ue, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rue, at 22.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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