Ryen
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- RY-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Ryen is a name of Irish origin, meaning “little king”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Ryen mean?
Irish: spelling of Ryann; feminine spelling of Ryan, from Ó Riain
“little king”
A girls' spelling of Ryan, from the Irish surname Ó Riain, 'descendant of Rian'.
Meaning borrowed from Ryann. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ryen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ryen has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Ryen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Ryen, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979. 7 boys were also named Ryen in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ryen in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 646 girls in the US were given Ryen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #491, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
In 1989, 24% of the babies named Ryen in the US were girls. By 2023 it was 59%, with more girls than boys since 2019.
Ryen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Nicknames for Ryen
Names like Ryen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Reagan, Devyn, Cassidy, Rowan, Brynn, Keegan, Regan, Brooklyn, Mckenna, Brynlee, Ashlyn
Other spellings of Ryen
Names related to Ryen
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ryen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryen, updated 20 October 2026.