Ryuu
Ryuu is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Ryuu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ryuu is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Ryuu
The earliest SSA record of Ryuu as a baby boy name dates back to 2009, when 5 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Ryuu — #7,049 in the national rankings. About 77% of every Ryuu on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ryuu last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ryuu
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ryuu. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ryū
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Ryuu
Ryuu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Ryuu's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #7,049. Use the chart and map above to compare Ryuu'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.