Ryer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-er
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ryer is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Ryer come from?
Modern: modern name, possibly a variant of Ryder
Is Ryer a girl's or a boy's name?
Ryer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ryer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Ryer, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Ryer in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ryer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Ryer
Names like Ryer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Rayden Raiden Ronan Braylen Finnegan Brecken Declan Kyaire Brayden Aiden Deacon
Names related to Ryer
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Ryer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ryer, updated 20 October 2026.