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Rye

Old English roots

Language contexts for this entry: English, Danish

masculinefeminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Old English
2 language contexts: English Danish
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Rye

Rye is a given name documented in English and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English riþ via Norwegian, Old Norse and Danish.

Old English origin

Source-reported

* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”). * As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord. * The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Rye is used

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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 53 boys (rank 2516). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Rye

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 53; applications; Rank #2,516
Peak year: 2020; 76 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Rye in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	5	5,464	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	11	3,569	observed
1980	7	4,940	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	6	5,926	observed
1987	8	4,968	observed
1988	7	5,751	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	9	5,382	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	7	6,816	observed
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	5	8,868	observed
1996	10	5,535	observed
1997	9	6,100	observed
1998	10	5,840	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	11	5,920	observed
2001	15	4,890	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	12	5,877	observed
2004	16	5,007	observed
2005	20	4,326	observed
2006	22	4,223	observed
2007	20	4,640	observed
2008	14	6,070	observed
2009	24	4,160	observed
2010	28	3,708	observed
2011	29	3,605	observed
2012	43	2,772	observed
2013	30	3,497	observed
2014	31	3,456	observed
2015	40	2,919	observed
2016	46	2,661	observed
2017	34	3,312	observed
2018	64	2,167	observed
2019	62	2,228	observed
2020	76	1,922	observed
2021	54	2,464	observed
2022	61	2,325	observed
2023	56	2,416	observed
2024	57	2,418	observed
2025	53	2,516	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Rye” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)OGL-UK-3.0 · rev. ons-ew-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)OGL-UK-3.0 · rev. nisra-ni-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017CC-BY-4.0 · rev. sa-au-1944-2017 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)CC0-1.0 · rev. ssa-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Rye

Rye is a given name documented in English and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English riþ via Norwegian, Old Norse and Danish.

Old English origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Rye is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Rye’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 53 boys (rank 2516). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Rye

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 53; applications; Rank #2,516
Peak year: 2020; 76 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Rye in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	5	5,464	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	11	3,569	observed
1980	7	4,940	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	6	5,926	observed
1987	8	4,968	observed
1988	7	5,751	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	9	5,382	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	7	6,816	observed
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	5	8,868	observed
1996	10	5,535	observed
1997	9	6,100	observed
1998	10	5,840	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	11	5,920	observed
2001	15	4,890	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	12	5,877	observed
2004	16	5,007	observed
2005	20	4,326	observed
2006	22	4,223	observed
2007	20	4,640	observed
2008	14	6,070	observed
2009	24	4,160	observed
2010	28	3,708	observed
2011	29	3,605	observed
2012	43	2,772	observed
2013	30	3,497	observed
2014	31	3,456	observed
2015	40	2,919	observed
2016	46	2,661	observed
2017	34	3,312	observed
2018	64	2,167	observed
2019	62	2,228	observed
2020	76	1,922	observed
2021	54	2,464	observed
2022	61	2,325	observed
2023	56	2,416	observed
2024	57	2,418	observed
2025	53	2,516	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)OGL-UK-3.0 · rev. ons-ew-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)OGL-UK-3.0 · rev. nisra-ni-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017CC-BY-4.0 · rev. sa-au-1944-2017 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)CC0-1.0 · rev. ssa-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RyeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Rye

Old English origin

Where Rye is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Rye

Old English origin

Where Rye is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page