Ry

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ry by the numbers

Ry was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Ry

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ry. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Royking522 in the US (2017)
  • Reyking; a form of Reyes377 in the US (2017)
  • Raya form of Raymond; counsel warrior64 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ryudragon76 in the US (2017)
  • Ryefrom the rye field or rye grain42 in the US (2017)
  • Rasun god or sun14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ry

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