Rhys*
#943 most common boys' name of all time · #2,188 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1929–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#943
Rank overall
#2,188 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
15,221
Since 2016
7,824
Peak year
2024 #353
Best rank
#353 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 995/yr
Rhys first appears in 1929. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 778 | 816 | #411 |
| 2024 | 43 | 952 | 995 | #353 |
| 2023 | 61 | 931 | 992 | #353 |
| 2022 | 62 | 733 | 795 | #426 |
| 2021 | 55 | 750 | 805 | #413 |
| 2020 | 38 | 713 | 751 | #419 |
| 2019 | 37 | 692 | 729 | #440 |
| 2018 | 31 | 627 | 658 | #463 |
| 2017 | 30 | 619 | 649 | #476 |
| 2016 | 22 | 612 | 634 | #495 |
| 2015 | 22 | 560 | 582 | #514 |
| 2014 | 30 | 580 | 610 | #484 |
| 2013 | 26 | 560 | 586 | #490 |
| 2012 | 39 | 576 | 615 | #475 |
| 2011 | 39 | 539 | 578 | #487 |
| 2010 | 42 | 550 | 592 | #472 |
| 2009 | 23 | 456 | 479 | #579 |
| 2008 | 33 | 359 | 392 | #675 |
| 2007 | 41 | 263 | 304 | #814 |
| 2006 | 20 | 205 | 225 | #925 |
| 2005 | 20 | 177 | 197 | #983 |
| 2004 | 23 | 180 | 203 | #940 |
| 2003 | 14 | 152 | 166 | #1,038 |
| 2002 | 19 | 144 | 163 | #1,057 |
| 2001 | 20 | 145 | 165 | #1,020 |
| 2000 | 15 | 134 | 149 | #1,066 |
| 1999 | 16 | 116 | 132 | #1,134 |
| 1998 | 7 | 98 | 105 | #1,242 |
| 1997 | 8 | 77 | 85 | #1,420 |
| 1996 | 8 | 76 | 84 | #1,392 |
| 1995 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,537 |
| 1994 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #1,616 |
| 1993 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,412 |
| 1992 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,020 |
| 1991 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,623 |
| 1990 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,172 |
| 1988 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,717 |
| 1987 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,695 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,025 |
| 1985 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1984 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,870 |
| 1983 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,242 |
| 1982 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,026 |
| 1981 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,175 |
| 1980 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,035 |
| 1979 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,302 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,316 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,195 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,506 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,176 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,204 |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,783 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,858 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,436 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,923 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,177 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,386 |
| 1963 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,383 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,135 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,296 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,373 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,614 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,983 |
| 1956 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,007 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,507 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,283 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,102 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,687 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,245 |