Rhian

Where Rhian comes from

From modern Welsh Rhian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhian
  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #6,340 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2005
    Peak, #2,827
    58 babies named Rhian — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,486.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.