Rye
Boy
Rye is a boys' name, meaning “forest clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Rye mean?
“forest clearing”
A nickname of the given name Ryan.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rye a girl's or a boy's name?
Rye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 53 boys in the US.
How popular is Rye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Rye, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Rye than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Rye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Rye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,516among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Rye, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,922nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 11 girls were also named Rye in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rye than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Rye in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Rye in the US were girls.
Rye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 76 | #1,922 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Rye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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