Ryah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ryah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,925 in 2017, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2925highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2003	#4373
2010	#5707
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#2925
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#4709
2024	#3318

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2925 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ryah 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 Ryah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	26	5 of 10	5

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

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

Ryah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017.

Ryah'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,925, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

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

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

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.

Rya · #476, 19y
Ryaan · #1716, 22y
Ryan · #2, 55y
Ryanna · #364, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aleenah · #2925, 18y
Anamta · #2925, 11y
Asna · #2925, 11y
Begw · #2925, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fariah · #2925, 19y
Israh · #2925, 22y
Safura · #2925, 10y
Xia · #2925, 12y

Ryah 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 Ryah without appearing here.

Ryah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #5765.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ryah

Liv Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Selma Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2444.

Moved the opposite way to Ryah

Hayden Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryah went from #5707 to #3318 while Hayden went from #1257 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Ryah

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryah went from #3126 to #4709 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryah went from #3126 to #4634 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryah went from #3126 to #4634 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Eabha Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ryah went from #5707 to #3318 and Eabha from #3156 to #1262.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ryah

Ryah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ryah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ryah at a glance

Ryah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ryah and the names beside it

Ryah moved ahead of

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