Rhett

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #188 for boys in 2025, 1,936 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 2,538 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,669
since 1917

Rhett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rhett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#1881,936
2024#8,44312#1742,138
2023#5,96020#1652,189
2022#6,22919#1512,501
2021#6,96716#1492,538
2020#7,55914#1592,350
2019#5,61222#1662,391
2018#6,52118#1672,313
2017#6,28719#1802,202
2016#6,90117#2201,768
2015#8,93112#2761,341
2014#10,9559#340978
2013#14,5826#425688
2012#14,9626#508521
2011#13,3477#563447
2010#606411
2009#11,4599#659373
2008#683354
2007#703332
2006#683330
2005#16,4625#693298
2004#11,6248#713269
2003#684283
2002#12,1877#669279
2001#728239
2000#675264
1999#706237
1998#637279
1997#605292
1996#609290
1995#11,7836#683240
1994#772186
1993#806172
1992#752189
1991#900138
1990#840150
1989#782161
1988#751159
1987#698170
1986#854113
1985#710155
1984#793121
1983#709146
1982#708151
1981#710148
1980#701153
1979#664166
1978#636172
1977#594202
1976#729132
1975#698142
1974#704136
1973#737118
1972#682139
1971#661155
1970#647159
1969#644151
1968#703115
1967#80681
1966#78585
1965#89767
1964#742107
1963#77198
1962#763100
1961#751105
1960#92766
1959#97562
1958#83581
1957#1,15145
1956#95461
1955#83677
1954#1,12244
1953#1,17040
1952#1,19538
1951#1,48925
1950#1,20336
1949#1,58322
1948#1,29631
1947#1,36329
1946#1,75917
1945#2,00912
1944#1,43822
1943#1,69918
1942#1,42124
1941#1,30026
1940#1,28827
1939#2,6098
1938#2,18511
1937#3,1756
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1931#3,3906
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1923#4,2395
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1920#4,2865
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1917#3,9815
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Rhett! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1930, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#174#188)
  • 29 spots since 2020 (#159#188)
  • 88 spots since 2015 (#276#188)
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1958 (#1,151#835)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1957 (#954#1,151)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 2021 at #149 (2,538 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1958–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 689
  • Highest: 1 in 689 boys born in 2021 were named Rhett (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 882 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 37.2% of all boys named Rhett (13,652) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s10#4,239 (1923)#4,263
1930s38#2,185 (1938)#2,873
1940s228#1,288 (1940)#1,516
1950s509#835 (1958)#1,093
1960s975#644 (1969)#779
1970s1,521#594 (1977)#675
1980s1,477#698 (1987)#742
1990s2,173#605 (1997)#731
2000s3,021#659 (2009)#689
2010s13,060#166 (2019)#345
2020s13,652#149 (2021)#164

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rhett in 2022

girls
#6,229
19 births · 1 in 86,323 girls
boys
#151
2,501 births · 1 in 698 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #6,229Rhett19

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #151Rhett2,501
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 86,323 of them was named Rhett, which outranked 64.9% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhett
  1. #5,984Zhamira20
  2. #5,984Zira20
  3. #5,984Ziyana20
  4. #6,229Rhett19
  5. #6,229Aaralyn19
  6. #6,229Aarika19
  7. #6,229Abra19
  8. #6,464Afiya18
  9. #6,464Aima18
  10. #6,464Aleeha18

Tied with 234 names at #6,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 698Wrenlee#1,410#712
  2. 686Neriah#1,680#994
  3. 487Arlet#1,229#742
  4. 424Georgina#1,304#880
  5. 413Amiri#1,293#880
Fallers
  1. 282Tatiana#992#1,274
  2. 245Alaiya#721#966
  3. 239Aarna#967#1,206
  4. 231Jaylene#975#1,206
  5. 227Aviana#521#748

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 698 of them was named Rhett, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhett
  1. #148Calvin2,593
  2. #149Brayden2,591
  3. #150Elliot2,532
  4. #151Rhett2,501
  5. #152Ace2,492
  6. #153Emiliano2,486
  7. #154Jayce2,429
Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 988Dutton#1,823#835
  2. 489Kayce#1,076#587
  3. 412Chosen#1,307#895
  4. 396Khaza#1,230#834
  5. 348Eithan#849#501
Fallers
  1. 324Jacoby#885#1,209
  2. 243Turner#937#1,180
  3. 233Aydin#897#1,130
  4. 218Juelz#991#1,209
  5. 216Jamal#868#1,084

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2022