Ryane
The Story of Ryane
As a girl name
Ryane first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1974, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 33 births, good for #3,808 nationwide. About 27% of every Ryane on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ryane last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 846 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ryane on the record books as a boy name in 1985, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 7 Ryanes were born — ranking #5,459 that year. About 43% of every Ryane on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ryane last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ryane
Ryane is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 846 births in the dataset. Ryane's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #3,808. Use the chart and map above to compare Ryane's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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