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
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 889since 1977
Rhian over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2005 at #2,827 (58 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 39.5% of all girls named Rhian (351) were born in this decade
- 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.
Rhian in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 170,350 of them was named Rhian, which outranked 44.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,888Yanet10
- #5,888Ylonda10
- #5,888Zana10
- #6,340Rhian9
- #6,340Aaren9
- #6,340Aarin9
- #6,340Abiola9
- #6,892Aarti8
- #6,892Abimbola8
- #6,892Adenike8
Tied with 551 names at #6,340; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 164,322 of them was named Rhian, which outranked 47.4% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,386Zebadiah11
- #3,386Zebedee11
- #3,386Zedrick11
- #3,606Rhian10
- #3,606Abrahm10
- #3,606Adon10
- #3,606Adrienne10
- #3,836Abelino9
- #3,836Adisa9
- #3,836Aleksandar9
Tied with 229 names at #3,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.