Rhett — #174 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rhett

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,721 babies named Rhett between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rhett currently holds the #174 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 2,538 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhett performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13,057 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rhett shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,658 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhett in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rhett 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 34,721 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.