Rya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rya: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #476, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#476highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
2000	#3912
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2017	#3583
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#2073
2022	#2673
2023	#1863
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #476 among girls in Scotland, #1541 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	36	9 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #476 in Scotland in 2024.

Rya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #476, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ryaan · #1716, 22y
Ryah · #2925, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chrystal · #476, 21y
Walker · #478, 16y
Zuri · #478, 19y
Denas · #479, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alya · #476, 29y
Amarachi · #476, 28y
Marla · #476, 27y
Zoha · #476, 29y

Rya was ranked #476 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rya without appearing here.

Rya moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Rya

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1711.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Amalie Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #3912.

Moved the opposite way to Rya

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rya

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rya went from #3174 to #1541 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #476 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rya

Rya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rya at a glance

Rya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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