Thirty years of Ryan
Ryan in numbers
Ryan peaked in 1996 with 6,496 boys and has fallen since, to 374 in 2025. Its biggest three-year fall came between 1999 and 2002, from 5,080 to 3,344. It ranked 7th in 1996 and ranks 135th now. On average it was given to 5,550 boys a year in the late 1990s, 3,149 in the 2000s, 1,251 in the 2010s and 479 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-10%416 to 374
- 5 years-37%590 to 374
- 10 years-61%955 to 374
- 20 years-87%2,933 to 374
- Since 1996-94%6,496 to 374
- Total, 1996 to 202569,066boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 135 · ONS · 416 in 2024
Rank 107 · NRS · 49 in 2024
Rank 99 · NISRA · 22 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =135 | 374 | -10% | 1 in 804 |
| 2024 | 132 | 416 | -7% | 1 in 733 |
| 2023 | =116 | 447 | -6% | 1 in 678 |
| 2022 | 116 | 475 | -17% | 1 in 654 |
| 2021 | 106 | 569 | -4% | 1 in 563 |
| 2020 | 101 | 590 | -9% | 1 in 533 |
| 2019 | 95 | 649 | -7% | 1 in 507 |
| 2018 | =91 | 696 | -15% | 1 in 485 |
| 2017 | 83 | 817 | -4% | 1 in 426 |
| 2016 * | 81 | 855 | -10% | 1 in 416 |
| 2015 | 69 | 955 | -3% | 1 in 375 |
| 2014 | 69 | 989 | -20% | 1 in 361 |
| 2013 | 51 | 1,234 | -26% | 1 in 290 |
| 2012 | 42 | 1,675 | -22% | 1 in 223 |
| 2011 | 36 | 2,151 | -14% | 1 in 172 |
| 2010 | 30 | 2,489 | +4% | 1 in 149 |
| 2009 | 30 | 2,398 | -21% | 1 in 151 |
| 2008 | 21 | 3,048 | +8% | 1 in 119 |
| 2007 | 25 | 2,817 | +2% | 1 in 126 |
| 2006 | 25 | 2,761 | -6% | 1 in 124 |
| 2005 | 25 | 2,933 | -3% | 1 in 113 |
| 2004 | 22 | 3,009 | -4% | 1 in 109 |
| 2003 | 22 | 3,147 | -6% | 1 in 101 |
| 2002 | 20 | 3,344 | -11% | 1 in 92 |
| 2001 | 18 | 3,758 | -12% | 1 in 81 |
| 2000 | 15 | 4,271 | -16% | 1 in 72 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5,080 | +2% | 1 in 63 |
| 1998 | 12 | 4,992 | -11% | 1 in 65 |
| 1997 | 9 | 5,631 | -13% | 1 in 59 |
| 1996 | 7 | 6,496 | 1 in 51 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate