Rhian
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to girls 87.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 889since 1977
Rhian over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,992 | 59 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,606 | 10 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Rhian! It came in at #6,340, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rhian
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2005 at #2,827 (58 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 31,859
- Highest: 1 in 31,859 girls born in 2005 were named Rhian (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.5% of all girls named Rhian (351) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
- Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #6,340 (1977) | #6,995 |
| 1980s | 54 | #6,955 (1985) | #9,811 |
| 1990s | 109 | #5,363 (1998) | #7,696 |
| 2000s | 351 | #2,827 (2005) | #4,559 |
| 2010s | 288 | #4,144 (2015) | #4,847 |
| 2020s | 71 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,909 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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