Ryuji
Ryūji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Ryuji
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ryūji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Ryuji
Ryuji first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2008, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 11 births, good for #7,224 nationwide. About 59% of every Ryuji on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Ryuji last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ryuji
Ryuji is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Ryuji's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #7,224. Use the chart and map above to compare Ryuji'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.