Ryan is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 3,892 boys in the United States.
Ryan belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Ryan first appears in Social Security records in 1906. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11 in 1986, and in 2024 3,892 babies received the name — 960,560 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Ryan is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Ryan is a boy name. In 2024, 3,892 babies received the name in the US.
Ryan comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Ryan first appears in US records in 1906. Its best-ever ranking was #11 in 1986, and 3,892 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ryan is pronounced /ˈɹaɪən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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