Ryder
Ryder places #133 across the country in 2025, cooling off gently. A newer arrival, the national records only pick it up in 1960, with 66,639 bearers to date.


Ryder’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ryder, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ryder since 1960
Ryder peaked in 2015 at #98; #133 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ryder is most common
The state that gives Ryder most often, per boys born there, is Wyoming (0.83% in 2025); Hawaii and West Virginia are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ryder
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Raelynn
#116 in 2025
River
#111 in 2025
Ryker
#183 in 2025
Reese
#192 in 2025
Rory
#199 in 2025 · Celtic
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Ryder
Where does Ryder rank right now?
Ryder places #133 across the country in 2025, cooling off gently. The full curve since 1960 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Ryder?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Ryder, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
What names go with Ryder?
Rylee, Remi and Raelynn sit nearest to Ryder on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Ryder’s free Name Kit
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