Rhys
Rank in 2025
#3832
recorded as girls
#410
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
816
girls 38 · boys 778
Peak year
2024
952 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
15,221
since 1929
Born a Rhys? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Rhys was most popular in 2024, when 952 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.55 per 1,000). In 2025, 778 babies were named Rhys, ranking #410 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 3832 | 778 | 410 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3575 | 952 | 352 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2789 | 931 | 353 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2756 | 733 | 426 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3002 | 750 | 413 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3778 | 713 | 418 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3923 | 692 | 440 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4458 | 627 | 463 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4576 | 619 | 476 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5796 | 612 | 494 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5833 | 560 | 512 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4657 | 580 | 484 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5143 | 560 | 490 |
| 2012 | 39 | 3915 | 576 | 474 |
| 2011 | 39 | 3843 | 539 | 487 |
| 2010 | 42 | 3689 | 550 | 471 |
| 2009 | 23 | 5891 | 456 | 578 |
| 2008 | 33 | 4550 | 359 | 674 |
| 2007 | 41 | 3848 | 263 | 809 |
| 2006 | 20 | 6356 | 205 | 924 |
| 2005 | 20 | 5999 | 177 | 980 |
| 2004 | 23 | 5377 | 180 | 939 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7580 | 152 | 1037 |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | 144 | 1057 |
| 2001 | 20 | 5570 | 145 | 1020 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6808 | 134 | 1066 |
| 1999 | 16 | 6191 | 116 | 1130 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | 98 | 1237 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | 77 | 1413 |
| 1996 | 8 | 9581 | 76 | 1387 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 62 | 1527 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | 57 | 1608 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 68 | 1407 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 39 | 2002 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 52 | 1615 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 51 | 1615 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 32 | 2154 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 41 | 1706 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 40 | 1684 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 29 | 2007 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 41 | 1569 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 30 | 1842 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 23 | 2208 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 27 | 1999 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 24 | 2138 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 27 | 2003 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 23 | 2157 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 7 | 3963 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 11 | 2682 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 10 | 2735 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 9 | 2784 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 13 | 2300 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 16 | 2070 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 14 | 2210 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 11 | 2506 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 17 | 1945 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 15 | 2048 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 13 | 2207 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 11 | 2391 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 11 | 2376 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 8 | 2980 |
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Names like Rhys
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Rhys is most popular
- Pennsylvania2.4×
- Oregon1.7×
- Virginia1.6×
- Colorado1.6×
- Massachusetts1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 6% · boys 94% across all years