Rye
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
Given to boys 86.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 76 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,070since 1971
Rye over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #2,516 | 53 |
| 2024 | — | #2,418 | 57 | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,325 | 61 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #1,922 | 76 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #2,228 | 62 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #2,919 | 40 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #3,456 | 31 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #3,497 | 30 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #2,772 | 43 |
| 2011 | — | #3,605 | 29 | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
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| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Rye! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 98 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,516)
- 594 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #2,516)
- 403 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #2,516)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2020 at #1,922 (76 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,712
- Highest: 1 in 22,712 boys born in 2020 were named Rye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 38.0% of all boys named Rye (407) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47 | #3,569 (1979) | #4,636 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,498 |
| 1990s | 56 | #5,382 (1990) | #6,616 |
| 2000s | 161 | #4,160 (2009) | #5,357 |
| 2010s | 407 | #2,167 (2018) | #3,033 |
| 2020s | 357 | #1,922 (2020) | #2,344 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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