Ryu
Ryu is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 125 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1250.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2012130 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1985
- 1,624people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,624 boys have been named Ryu in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 130 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2012, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 46%.
By decade
In 2012, its biggest year
Ryu was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Ryu
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reefpeak 2021
- Tylenpeak 2023
- Ishaanpeak 2019
- Jaziahpeak 2020
- Prycepeak 2020
- Taysonpeak 2021
- Kooperpeak 2022
- Alijahpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.