Rhemi — #8805 US unisex name
209 babies named Rhemi in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Rhemi was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Rhemi in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhemi
The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Rhemi between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhemi currently holds the #8805 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Rhemi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhemi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rhemi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhemi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhemi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 209 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rhemi at a glance
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Current rank
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Rhemi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2016)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #8805 among girls.
209 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 26 births in a single year.
Rhemi popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 2013 (Rhemi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rhemi accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhemi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 59% of Rhemi's all-time total
Rhemi decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rhemi's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Rhemi by state
Where Rhemi concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 209 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.