Girls' name · since 1976
Rheannon
440 babies named Rheannon in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 440
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rheannon sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 440 recorded since 1976.
Rheannon has 440 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2008.
- #12,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 440 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rheannon ranks #12,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 440 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 440
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rheannon's 440 recorded births place it above 82.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Rheannon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rheannon's full recorded timeline at 1992, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rheannon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2008
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Rheannon by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (151 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Rheannon's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Rheannon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
151 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 151 births (34% of all-time use).
Rheannon by state
Where Rheannon concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.3% |
10 of 440 births nationwide.
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- Rheannon's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (151 total births) through the 2000s (105) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Rheannons (10 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 Rheannon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1976–2008 (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 Rheannon 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.