How rare is the name Rhys?

10,334 people in the United States have the first name Rhys, about 1 in 29,227. It ranks #2,407 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RHYS

#2,407

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,334
About
1 in 29,227
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,334 people named Rhys, 75% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as two or more races and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rhys peaked in 2024, when 995 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19292025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
995
In 2025*
816 ▼18%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,221 babies have been given the name since 1929. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rhys by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #751. The largest share of babies named Rhys, 63.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#12,6708
1940s#8,55327
1950s#5,699105
1960s#6,108111
1970s#9,01386
1980s#4,682314
1990s#3,263740
2000s#1,7732,443
2010s#9826,233
2020s#7515,154
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–964.6%
Generation Z 1997–1229.9%
2013 and later63.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rhys is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rhys has been most common in Colorado (2.3×), Washington (2.1×), and Delaware (2.1×), and least common in Alabama (0.26×).

12,195 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rhys

#2,405 Ansley · 10,343#2,406 Aylin · 10,342#2,408 Tristin · 10,333#2,409 Arely · 10,324

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rhys, most common first.

#29,024 Rhyse · 307

Also a last name

As a last name, Rhys ranks #90,184 of 156,621, with 220 people. See Rhys as a last name

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