Given name

Ryad

Ryad is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ryad comes from Arabic.

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How it developed

From Arabic رياض.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ryad through the years

Babies since 1880
16
16 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2017
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20170.0
Ryad in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2015–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2017.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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