How Many People Are Named Ryder?
people named Ryder are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,991 people in the US has this name
Based on 69,088 babies named Ryder in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,298 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English ridere meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ryder, 3.6% were girls and 96.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ryder alive today is about 10 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ryder first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2015, to 4,298 babies. In 2025, 2,821 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ryder never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #95, in 2014, and it was in the top 100 in 3 years between 2012 and 2015. In 2025 it ranked #133.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #133 |
| Best rank | #95 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (2012 to 2015) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #110 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ryder alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ryder were born in California than in any other state: about 8,425 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ryder was given 3.2 times as often in Hawaii, 2.8 times in Montana and 2.7 times in Wyoming.
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