Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rhett

#594 most common boys' name of all time · #1,322 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#594
Rank overall
#1,322 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
36,920
Since 2016
22,502
Peak year
2021 #149
Best rank
#149 2021
Girls Boys peak 2,554/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rhett first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 1,936 1,955 #188
2024 12 2,138 2,150 #174
2023 20 2,189 2,209 #165
2022 19 2,501 2,520 #151
2021 16 2,538 2,554 #149
2020 14 2,350 2,364 #159
2019 22 2,391 2,413 #166
2018 18 2,313 2,331 #167
2017 19 2,202 2,221 #180
2016 17 1,768 1,785 #220
2015 12 1,341 1,353 #276
2014 9 978 987 #340
2013 6 688 694 #426
2012 6 521 527 #508
2011 7 447 454 #563
2010 411 411 #607
2009 9 373 382 #660
2008 354 354 #683
2007 332 332 #703
2006 330 330 #684
2005 5 298 303 #693
2004 8 269 277 #714
2003 283 283 #684
2002 7 279 286 #669
2001 239 239 #729
2000 264 264 #675
1999 237 237 #706
1998 279 279 #638
1997 292 292 #607
1996 290 290 #609
1995 6 240 246 #684
1994 186 186 #777
1993 172 172 #806
1992 189 189 #756
1991 138 138 #900
1990 150 150 #840
1989 161 161 #784
1988 159 159 #752
1987 170 170 #700
1986 113 113 #856
1985 155 155 #712
1984 121 121 #794
1983 146 146 #711
1982 151 151 #711
1981 148 148 #711
1980 153 153 #702
1979 166 166 #664
1978 172 172 #639
1977 202 202 #595
1976 132 132 #730
1975 142 142 #699
1974 136 136 #707
1973 118 118 #738
1972 139 139 #682
1971 155 155 #664
1970 159 159 #649
1969 151 151 #645
1968 115 115 #706
1967 81 81 #809
1966 85 85 #792
1965 67 67 #909
1964 107 107 #746
1963 98 98 #772
1962 100 100 #768
1961 105 105 #754
1960 66 66 #936
1959 62 62 #985
1958 81 81 #843
1957 45 45 #1,160
1956 61 61 #964
1955 77 77 #843
1954 44 44 #1,135
1953 40 40 #1,186
1952 38 38 #1,211
1951 25 25 #1,511
1950 36 36 #1,219
1949 22 22 #1,613
1948 31 31 #1,319
1947 29 29 #1,391
1946 17 17 #1,810
1945 12 12 #2,118
1944 22 22 #1,481
1943 18 18 #1,759
1942 24 24 #1,465
1941 26 26 #1,331
1940 27 27 #1,309
1939 8 8 #2,805
1938 11 11 #2,314
1937 6 6 #3,461
1933 7 7 #3,231
1931 6 6 #3,680
1923 5 5 #4,695
1920 5 5 #4,760
1917 5 5 #4,564