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How popular is the name Ryan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ryans are alive today.
Ryan (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 135th in 2025 with 374 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1994, when around 8,800 babies were given the name, the 6th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 160,000 babies have been named Ryan in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Ryan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Rian; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ryan you are most likely to meet is around 33 years old. Half of all Ryans born in England and Wales are between 25 and 39, and there are at least 170,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 43% chance that at least one of them will be called Ryan.
How many babies are named Ryan each year?
Includes all spellings: Ryan, Rian. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ryan spelling rank?
Where does the Rian spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ryan most popular?
Ryan peaked in 1994, when around 8,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ryan?
At least 170,000 people named Ryan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ryan?
Most living Ryans are between 25 and 39; the most common age is about 33.
Is Ryan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.