Girls' name · since 1976
Rhia
170 babies named Rhia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,582 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rhia is the #13582 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 170 recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Rhia recorded 170 times among girls since 1976, holding rank #13582 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #21,500 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,582 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 170 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhia ranks #21,500 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,582 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 170 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,582 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhia's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhia compares
170 34th 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
Rhia's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 170 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhia's full recorded timeline at 2014, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% 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 2009 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Rhia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (88 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Rhia's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Rhia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 88 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Rhia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rhia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Rhia 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.