Rhen — #5111 US boys' name
320 babies named Rhen in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Rhen was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Rhen in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhen
The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Rhen between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rhen currently holds the #5111 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 33 babies received it in a single year. Rhen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 172 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rhen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhen 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 320 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.
Rhen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2021)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #5111 among boys.
320 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 33 births in a single year.
Rhen popularity over time — girls
172 total births recorded since 2010 (Rhen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Rhen accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 138 births that decade — 43% of Rhen's all-time total
Rhen decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rhen's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–2024 (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.