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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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—
2007#934289—
2006#739378—
2005#741363—
2004#622439—
2003#579476—
2002#537511—
2001#496553—
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1999#424651—
1998#465554—
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1995#624350—
1994#586389—
1993#708302—
1992#675325—
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1986#628296—
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1982#514391#6,3855
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1976#593272—
1975#4,14115—
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 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedAKMaine: #237 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 855 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNHWashington: #594 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,063 girlsWAIdaho: #278 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsIDMontana: #191 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 600 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #718 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,478 girlsMNIllinois: #802 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,867 girlsILWisconsin: #635 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,597 girlsWIMichigan: #658 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,933 girlsMINew York: #686 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,022 girlsNYMassachusetts: #647 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,061 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedRIOregon: #583 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,749 girlsORNevada: #420 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #651 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,676 girlsINOhio: #765 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,209 girlsOHPennsylvania: #489 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,767 girlsPANew Jersey: #996 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,784 girlsNJConnecticut: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsCTCalifornia: #988 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,905 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedUTColorado: #569 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,814 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #586 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,299 girlsMOKentucky: #668 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,061 girlsKYWest Virginia: #339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsWVVirginia: #571 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,155 girlsVAMaryland: #757 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,191 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedDEArizona: #532 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,552 girlsAZNew Mexico: #227 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 843 girlsNMKansas: #351 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,535 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedARTennessee: #709 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,973 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #861 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,233 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #520 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,369 girlsSCDistrict 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: #993 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,982 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rhiannon, so not publishedHITexas: #1,176 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,913 girlsTXFlorida: #862 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,570 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#191 · 1 in 600
  2. New Mexico#227 · 1 in 843
  3. Maine#237 · 1 in 855
  4. Idaho#278 · 1 in 1,002
  5. West Virginia#339 · 1 in 1,403

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#19151 in 600
New Mexico#227101 in 843
Maine#23751 in 855
Idaho#27871 in 1,002
West Virginia#33951 in 1,403
Kansas#35191 in 1,535
Nevada#42071 in 1,787
Connecticut#44361 in 2,292
Pennsylvania#489201 in 2,767
South Carolina#52081 in 2,369
Arizona#532151 in 2,552
Colorado#56991 in 2,814
Virginia#571121 in 3,155
Oregon#58361 in 2,749
Missouri#58691 in 3,299
Washington#594101 in 3,063
Wisconsin#63571 in 3,597
Massachusetts#64771 in 4,061
Indiana#65191 in 3,676
Michigan#658121 in 3,933
Kentucky#66851 in 4,061
New York#686241 in 4,022
Tennessee#70981 in 3,973
Minnesota#71861 in 4,478
Maryland#75761 in 4,191
Ohio#765111 in 5,209
Illinois#802141 in 4,867
North Carolina#86191 in 5,233
Florida#862161 in 5,570
California#988341 in 6,905
Georgia#99391 in 5,982
New Jersey#99661 in 6,784
Texas#1,176211 in 7,913
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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 2006

girls
#739
378 births · 1 in 5,030 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #739Rhiannon378
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 5,030 of them was named Rhiannon, which outranked 96.3% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhiannon
  1. #734Lorelei380
  2. #734Tyler380
  3. #738Taliyah379
  4. #739Rhiannon378
  5. #739Jamya378
  6. #741Adrienne377
  7. #742Amiya374
  8. #743Cherish371

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

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →