Girls' name · since 2022
Rhaenyra
Rhaenyra has 370 recorded births since 2022 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rhaenyra is the #1854 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 370 recorded since 2022.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaenyra has been recorded 370 times among girls since 2022, currently ranked #1854 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #14,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,854 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 370 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaenyra ranks #14,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,854 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 370 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rhaenyra's 370 recorded births place it above 80.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Rhaenyra compares
370 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rhaenyra's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhaenyra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 370 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 127 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhaenyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhaenyra's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 31 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 127, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhaenyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 127
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Rhaenyra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (370 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Rhaenyra's strongest decade.
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Rhaenyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
370 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 370 births (100% of all-time use).
Rhaenyra by state
Where Rhaenyra concentrates geographically, total births since 2022
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 42 | 11.4% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 23 | 6.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 22 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 13 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 8 | 2.2% |
42 of 370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Rhaenyra appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Rhaenyras (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhaenyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2022–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rhaenyra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.