Rhys
#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · #410 for boys in 2025, 778 births
Given to boys 94.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 952 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,334since 1929
Rhys 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 | #3,832 | 38 | #410 | 778 |
| 2024 | #3,575 | 43 | #352 | 952 |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | #353 | 931 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #426 | 733 |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 | #413 | 750 |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 | #418 | 713 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | #440 | 692 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #463 | 627 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #476 | 619 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #494 | 612 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #512 | 560 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | #484 | 580 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #490 | 560 |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | #474 | 576 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | #487 | 539 |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 | #471 | 550 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #578 | 456 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | #674 | 359 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 | #809 | 263 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #924 | 205 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #980 | 177 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #939 | 180 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,037 | 152 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #1,057 | 144 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #1,020 | 145 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #1,066 | 134 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #1,130 | 116 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,237 | 98 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #1,413 | 77 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #1,387 | 76 |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,608 | 57 |
| 1993 | — | #1,407 | 68 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,002 | 39 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,615 | 52 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,615 | 51 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rhys! It came in at #2,980, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rhys is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#660 · 1 in 6,641
- Michigan#759 · 1 in 8,408
- Pennsylvania#786 · 1 in 11,009
- California#809 · 1 in 11,514
- New York#881 · 1 in 10,340
Best ever in a state: #103 in Vermont, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #660 | 6 | 1 in 6,641 |
| Michigan | #759 | 7 | 1 in 8,408 |
| Pennsylvania | #786 | 6 | 1 in 11,009 |
| California | #809 | 21 | 1 in 11,514 |
| New York | #881 | 11 | 1 in 10,340 |
| Ohio | #914 | 5 | 1 in 13,875 |
| Florida | #1,239 | 5 | 1 in 17,368 |
| Texas | #1,729 | 5 | 1 in 32,930 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rhys
- 58 spots since 2024 (#352 → #410)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#418 → #410)
- 102 spots since 2015 (#512 → #410)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 2008 (#809 → #674)
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 2025 (#352 → #410)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 2024 at #352 (952 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,810 boys born in 2024 were named Rhys (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,195 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 41.3% of all boys named Rhys (5,915) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | #2,980 (1929) | #2,980 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 27 | #2,534 (1946) | #3,127 |
| 1950s | 105 | #1,945 (1956) | #2,667 |
| 1960s | 111 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,598 |
| 1970s | 86 | #2,157 (1979) | #3,891 |
| 1980s | 314 | #1,569 (1985) | #1,931 |
| 1990s | 696 | #1,130 (1999) | #1,494 |
| 2000s | 2,215 | #578 (2009) | #908 |
| 2010s | 5,915 | #440 (2019) | #479 |
| 2020s | 4,857 | #352 (2024) | #395 |
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.
Rhys in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 110,864 of them was named Rhys, which outranked 63.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,896Zaniya17
- #5,896Zaniyah17
- #5,896Zinnia17
- #6,191Rhys16
- #6,191Adriann16
- #6,191Adrien16
- #6,191Aeriana16
- #6,484Aaliya15
- #6,484Aaryanna15
- #6,484Abeer15
Tied with 292 names at #6,191; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 16,553 of them was named Rhys, which outranked 90.3% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,126Everardo117
- #1,126Floyd117
- #1,126Jessy117
- #1,130Rhys116
- #1,130Bilal116
- #1,130Brandt116
- #1,130Britton116
- #1,142Daron115
- #1,142Edgardo115
- #1,142Joseluis115
Tied with 11 names at #1,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.