Ryuichi
Ryūichi, Ryuichi or Ryuuichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Ryuichi Abe , Japanese academic Ryūichi Amano , Japanese photographer Ryuichi Doi , Japanese politician Ryuichi Hirashige , Japanese footballer Ryūichi Hiroki , Japanese film director and editor Ryuichi Horibe , Japanese voice actor Ryuichi Kaji , Japanese journalist Ryuichi Kajimae , Japanese…
Meaning & Origin of Ryuichi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ryūichi, Ryuichi or Ryuuichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Ryuichi Abe , Japanese academic Ryūichi Amano , Japanese photographer Ryuichi Doi , Japanese politician Ryuichi Hirashige , Japanese footballer Ryūichi Hiroki , Japanese film director and editor Ryuichi Horibe , Japanese voice actor Ryuichi Kaji , Japanese journalist Ryuichi Kajimae , Japanese…
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The Story of Ryuichi
The earliest SSA record of Ryuichi as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Ryuichi — #8,110 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Ryuichi on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Ryuichi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2000, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ryuichi
Ryuichi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Ryuichi's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #8,110. Use the chart and map above to compare Ryuichi'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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