How Many People Are Named Ryun?
An estimated 175 people in the United States have the first name Ryun. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Ryun peaked in popularity in 1996 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ryun as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ryun paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
175
About 1 in 1,958,596 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1996
13 births
Total Registered
182
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ryun
Ryun is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 182 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ryun as a male name
Ranked #13,690 in 2013
5 male births in 2013
Peak: 1996 (13 births)
Ryun: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ryun span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 76 babies were registered. Ryun has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ryun by Decade
How has Ryun tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ryun + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ryun as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ryun
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Ryun: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ryun?
We estimate approximately 175 people named Ryun are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,958,596 Americans share this first name.
Is Ryun a common name?
Ryun is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 182 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ryun most popular?
Ryun reached peak popularity in 1996, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ryun is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ryun a male name?
Ryun is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ryun Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ryun Smith, Ryun Johnson, Ryun Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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