Rhys
- #3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births
- #410 for boys in 2025, 778 births
- Given to boys 94.2% of the time
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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First appearance
1929
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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#126 · 1 in 368
- Pennsylvania#138 · 1 in 568
- Rhode Island#155 · 1 in 446
- Virginia#237 · 1 in 1,035
- Massachusetts#264 · 1 in 1,228
Best ever in a state: #103 in Vermont, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #126 | 8 | 1 in 368 |
| Pennsylvania | #138 | 92 | 1 in 568 |
| Rhode Island | #155 | 7 | 1 in 446 |
| Virginia | #237 | 36 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Massachusetts | #264 | 22 | 1 in 1,228 |
| Wisconsin | #273 | 21 | 1 in 1,116 |
| New Jersey | #302 | 29 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Washington | #309 | 24 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Oregon | #312 | 13 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Maryland | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Indiana | #338 | 22 | 1 in 1,439 |
| North Carolina | #365 | 31 | 1 in 1,660 |
| New York | #375 | 47 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Arizona | #412 | 18 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Tennessee | #430 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Ohio | #439 | 24 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Utah | #441 | 10 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Illinois | #447 | 24 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Colorado | #468 | 12 | 1 in 2,238 |
| California | #505 | 61 | 1 in 2,877 |
| Florida | #515 | 34 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Louisiana | #531 | 8 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| South Carolina | #552 | 8 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Texas | #622 | 49 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Georgia | #673 | 14 | 1 in 3,587 |
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 58 spots since 2024 (#352 → #410)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#418 → #410)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 2008
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 2024 at #352 (952 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,810
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.3% of all boys named Rhys (5,915) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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.
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