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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast

RyanIn Hebrew: ראיין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ryan (Hebrew: ראיין) is a boy's name of international origin. 301 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 11 boys and ranked #634. Its peak year was 2020, with 19 babies.

People in Israel
301
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
11
rank #634
Peak year
2020
19 babies
USA, 2025
3,532
rank #99

Writing and saying Ryan

In Hebrew letters the name is ראיין, read right to left. Ryan is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ryan by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ryan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ryan in English-speaking countries

Ryan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,532#991985 (29,905)
United Kingdom2025445#1291997 (6,807)
England and Wales2025374#1351996 (6,496)
Scotland202547#1071994 (1,098)
Northern Ireland202524#991997 (381)
Ireland202595#602011 (685)
British Columbia202364#331982 (624)
Alberta202535#1301982 (722)
Quebec202585#842016 (185)
New South Wales2025102#812000 (576)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ryan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ryan

How do you write Ryan in Hebrew?

Ryan is written ראיין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ryan?

301 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ראיין: 25 women and 276 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ryan a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 91.7% of the people named ראיין are men.

Is Ryan used outside Israel?

The name Ryan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,532 boys were given it in 2025 (#99), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 445 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.