Rye
Rye was the 2531st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1934th with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 419 places. More babies were named Rye in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,531 boys, down 597 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202076 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,236babies recorded
Rye popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,351 | #2,531 | 11 | 53 |
| 2020 | #10,132 | #1,934 | 10 | 76 |
| 2010 | #12,074 | #3,788 | 9 | 28 |
| 2000 | — | #6,229 | — | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #5,729 | — | 9 |
| 1980 | — | #5,409 | — | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rye, counting every spelling?
Rye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rye?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rye (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rye born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rye.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rye?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Rye are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Rye a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rye by state
How common Rye was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Rye
How popular is the name Rye?
Rye was the 2531st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1934th with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 419 places. More babies were named Rye in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Rye a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Rye in the US.
Where is Rye most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rye was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Washington.