Given name & surname
Ryce
“having great enthusiasm for life”
Ryce is a variant of Reece. One Welsh interpretation is “having great enthusiasm for life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ryce is a variant of Reece. One Welsh interpretation is “having great enthusiasm for life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ryce is a variant of Reece. An origin associated with Reece is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ryce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 42 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 as a first name in 2020; 529 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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