Rhys

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Rhys is ranked 354th among boys in 2024 (946 births). Its best rank was 353rd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #354down 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 9460.06% of boys
Peak year: 2024946 births
Best rank: #353in 2023
Since 1929: 14,396people given the name

Babies named Rhys, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

13,547 boys have been named Rhys in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 946 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 44%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 849 girls have also been given it, 5.9% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Rhys
1920s	8
1940s	27
1950s	105
1960s	111
1970s	86
1980s	314
1990s	696
2000s	2,214
2010s	5,914
2020s	4,072

In 2024, its biggest year

Rhys was the 354th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Rhys

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.