Girls' name · since 2024

Rhaenys

10 babies named Rhaenys in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#56,350 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,978 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
10
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Rhaenys is the #16978 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10 recorded since 2024.

Social Security Administration records show Rhaenys recorded 10 times among girls since 2024, holding rank #16978 nationally today, ahead of 2% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.

  • #56,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 10 born since 2024
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaenys ranks #56,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.

#56,350 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,978 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
10
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%1.8%
Rhaenys vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Rhaenys's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Rhaenys compares

10 3rd 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

Rhaenys's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Rhaenys Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 10 376 567,345
Peak-year births 5 21 19,840

Rhaenys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Rhaenys's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded.

Rhaenys popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
5
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
5 20242025 5

Rhaenys by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Rhaenys's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Rhaenys births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rhaenys?
Rhaenys has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2024, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #56,350 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #16,978 of 17,297. 5 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Rhaenys sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaenys ranks #56,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rhaenys most popular?
Rhaenys was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Rhaenys been used?
Records for Rhaenys go back to 2024, giving 2 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Rhaenys?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rhaenyra, Rhaya, Rhanda, Rhandi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Rhaenys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2024–2025 (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 Rhaenys 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.