Rye
Rye is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202076 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,172people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,017 boys have been named Rye in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 76 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 40%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 155 girls have also been given it, 13% of the total.
By decade
In 2020, its biggest year
Rye was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.
Names that rose and fell with Rye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Muhammadpeak 2024
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- Amirpeak 2023
- Sulaimanpeak 2023
- Boazpeak 2023
- Jeremiaspeak 2024
- Yahyapeak 2024
- Ronenpeak 2024
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.