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
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 491 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,539since 1974
Rhiannon over time
Rank among girls' names. Rhiannon has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #1,119 | 210 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,296 | 178 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,154 | 210 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,103 | 224 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,156 | 204 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,239 | 189 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,461 | 150 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,436 | 158 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,567 | 142 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,743 | 120 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,888 | 106 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,663 | 128 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,446 | 156 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,420 | 161 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,218 | 204 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,045 | 250 | — | |
| 2007 | #934 | 289 | — | |
| 2006 | #739 | 378 | — | |
| 2005 | #741 | 363 | — | |
| 2004 | #622 | 439 | — | |
| 2003 | #579 | 476 | — | |
| 2002 | #537 | 511 | — | |
| 2001 | #496 | 553 | — | |
| 2000 | #453 | 612 | — | |
| 1999 | #424 | 651 | — | |
| 1998 | #465 | 554 | — | |
| 1997 | #643 | 346 | — | |
| 1996 | #712 | 297 | — | |
| 1995 | #624 | 350 | — | |
| 1994 | #586 | 389 | — | |
| 1993 | #708 | 302 | — | |
| 1992 | #675 | 325 | — | |
| 1991 | #707 | 299 | — | |
| 1990 | #671 | 320 | — | |
| 1989 | #675 | 302 | — | |
| 1988 | #784 | 240 | — | |
| 1987 | #698 | 262 | — | |
| 1986 | #628 | 296 | — | |
| 1985 | #665 | 272 | — | |
| 1984 | #533 | 360 | — | |
| 1983 | #524 | 361 | — | |
| 1982 | #514 | 391 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #513 | 384 | — | |
| 1980 | #499 | 408 | — | |
| 1979 | #483 | 423 | — | |
| 1978 | #435 | 460 | — | |
| 1977 | #418 | 491 | — | |
| 1976 | #593 | 272 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#427 · 1 in 1,686
- Oregon#519 · 1 in 2,234
- Wisconsin#599 · 1 in 3,064
- Maryland#679 · 1 in 3,531
- Kentucky#687 · 1 in 3,857
Best ever in a state: #113 in Alaska, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #427 | 7 | 1 in 1,686 |
| Oregon | #519 | 7 | 1 in 2,234 |
| Wisconsin | #599 | 8 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Maryland | #679 | 7 | 1 in 3,531 |
| Kentucky | #687 | 5 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Tennessee | #723 | 8 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Missouri | #821 | 6 | 1 in 4,668 |
| Virginia | #894 | 7 | 1 in 5,242 |
| Pennsylvania | #907 | 9 | 1 in 6,070 |
| Colorado | #921 | 5 | 1 in 4,768 |
| Indiana | #1,055 | 5 | 1 in 6,340 |
| Washington | #1,094 | 5 | 1 in 6,272 |
| Florida | #1,224 | 10 | 1 in 8,233 |
| Ohio | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 9,074 |
| Illinois | #1,332 | 7 | 1 in 9,034 |
| New York | #1,342 | 10 | 1 in 9,477 |
| Georgia | #1,360 | 6 | 1 in 8,454 |
| Texas | #1,395 | 17 | 1 in 9,804 |
| California | #1,891 | 13 | 1 in 16,791 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1977 at #418 (491 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1976–2007
- 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
- 26.2% of all girls named Rhiannon (4,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,666 | #418 (1977) | #2,474 |
| 1980s | 3,276 | #499 (1980) | #603 |
| 1990s | 3,833 | #424 (1999) | #622 |
| 2000s | 4,075 | #453 (2000) | #736 |
| 2010s | 1,444 | #1,239 (2019) | #1,547 |
| 2020s | 1,245 | #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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 9,005 of them was named Rhiannon, which outranked 94.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,215Brookelyn205
- #1,215Laniyah205
- #1,215Maite205
- #1,218Rhiannon204
- #1,218Annalee204
- #1,218Ariyana204
- #1,218Bridgette204
- #1,228Jaclyn203
- #1,228Janie203
- #1,228Promise203
Tied with 9 names at #1,218; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.