Ryu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ryu: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #1,675, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1675highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#3385
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#4647
2012	#2458
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#2483
2016	#2804
2017	#2512
2018	#3959
2019	#2728
2020	#3334
2021	#3017
2022	#2320
2023	#3112
2024	#1675

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2501 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ryu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Ryu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	58	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ryu 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1675 in England and Wales in 2024.

Ryu'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	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,675, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,675position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

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Ryszard · #176, 46y
Saachi · #1903, 23y
Saad · #423, 30y

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.

Elion · #1675, 19y
Lucianna · #1675, 24y
Meghna · #1675, 24y
Seyon · #1675, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Elion · #1675, 19y
Seyon · #1675, 18y
Sruli · #1675, 13y
Wyn · #1675, 16y

Ryu 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 Ryu without appearing here.

Ryu moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.
Willow Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Ryu

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Gustav Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2728 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #3334.

Moved the same way as Ryu

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ryu went from #3651 to #1675 and Rune from #3651 to #1460.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ryu went from #3385 to #1675 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ryu went from #2941 to #1675 and Matheo from #2629 to #1517.

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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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1675 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ryu

Ryu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ryu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ryu and the names beside it

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Ryu at a glance

Ryu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ryu appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ryu and the names beside it

Ryu moved ahead of

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