Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ryu

Gender

Male

Origin

Japanese
Dragon

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #1317, 129 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2332, 59 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #15292, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202559–
2024125–
202375–
2022735
202177–
202072–
201968–
201854–
201776–
201672–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1675, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20258
202415
20236
20229
20216
20205
20197
20184
20178
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #2533, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20233
20224
20214
20205
20193
20185
2017–
2016–
20155
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #598, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20185
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence