Rhiannon

#1,119 for girls in 2025, 210 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 491 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,539
since 1974

Rhiannon over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rhiannon has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #418, 1977girls
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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
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2025#1,119210—
2024#1,296178—
2023#1,154210—
2022#1,120219—
2021#1,103224—
2020#1,156204—
2019#1,239189—
2018#1,461150—
2017#1,436158—
2016#1,567142—
2015#1,743120—
2014#1,602134—
2013#1,888106—
2012#1,663128—
2011#1,446156—
2010#1,420161—
2009#1,218204—
2008#1,045250—
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1999#424651—
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1974#8,7755—
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Rhiannon! It came in at #8,775, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rhiannon is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNHWashington: #517 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,434 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #715 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,039 girlsILWisconsin: #639 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,866 girlsWIMichigan: #1,118 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,495 girlsMINew York: #834 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 7,180 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedSDIowa: #422 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,195 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedINOhio: #820 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,862 girlsOHPennsylvania: #502 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,270 girlsPANew Jersey: #642 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,330 girlsNJConnecticut: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,820 girlsCTCalifornia: #598 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 4,233 girlsCAUtah: #316 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,694 girlsUTColorado: #248 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #409 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,986 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedVAMaryland: #592 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,728 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedDEArizona: #459 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,626 girlsAZNew Mexico: #251 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,161 girlsNMKansas: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedARTennessee: #545 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,313 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #669 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,838 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedALGeorgia: #835 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,111 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedHITexas: #1,257 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,508 girlsTXFlorida: #767 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,594 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Colorado#248 · 1 in 1,385
  2. New Mexico#251 · 1 in 1,161
  3. Utah#316 · 1 in 1,694
  4. Kansas#320 · 1 in 1,994
  5. Missouri#409 · 1 in 2,986

Best ever in a state: #113 in Alaska, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#248151 in 1,385
New Mexico#25181 in 1,161
Utah#31681 in 1,694
Kansas#32071 in 1,994
Missouri#409111 in 2,986
Iowa#42251 in 3,195
Arizona#459101 in 2,626
Connecticut#49051 in 3,820
Pennsylvania#502171 in 4,270
Washington#51791 in 3,434
Tennessee#54571 in 4,313
Maryland#59261 in 4,728
California#598621 in 4,233
Wisconsin#63951 in 5,866
New Jersey#64291 in 5,330
North Carolina#66971 in 5,838
Illinois#715131 in 6,039
Florida#767121 in 6,594
Ohio#82081 in 8,862
New York#834171 in 7,180
Georgia#83561 in 7,111
Michigan#1,11851 in 12,495
Texas#1,257111 in 12,508
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Rhiannon
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 177 spots since 2024 (#1,296 → #1,119)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#1,156 → #1,119)
  • 624 spots since 2015 (#1,743 → #1,119)
  • Biggest jump: 3,548 spots in 1976 (#4,141 → #593)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 2007 (#739 → #934)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1977 at #418 (491 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1976–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,725
  • Highest: 1 in 2,725 girls born in 1999 were named Rhiannon (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,654 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #418 in 1977, was only 1 in 3,122 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 26.2% of all girls named Rhiannon (4,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s1,666#418 (1977)#2,474
1980s3,276#499 (1980)#603
1990s3,833#424 (1999)#622
2000s4,075#453 (2000)#736
2010s1,444#1,239 (2019)#1,547
2020s1,245#1,103 (2021)#1,158

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.

Rhiannon in 1990

girls
#671
320 births · 1 in 5,933 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #671Rhiannon320
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 5,933 of them was named Rhiannon, which outranked 95.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhiannon
  1. #668Viviana322
  2. #669Devan321
  3. #669Kasandra321
  4. #671Rhiannon320
  5. #671Audra320
  6. #673Corey319
  7. #673Yasmin319
  8. #675Cameron318

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →