How Many People Are Named Ryker?
people named Ryker are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,246 people in the US has this name
Based on 41,784 babies named Ryker in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,290 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a variant of the German surname Riker, a derivative of Low German rike "rich". It may have been altered by association with the popular name prefix Ry.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ryker, 1.4% were girls and 98.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ryker alive today is about 9 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ryker first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2018, to 3,290 babies. In 2025, 2,036 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ryker has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #122, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #183.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #183 |
| Best rank | #122 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #175 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ryker alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ryker were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,654 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ryker was given 6.5 times as often in Wyoming, 4.8 times in Idaho and 4.7 times in Utah.
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