Rhian — #10464 US unisex name
889 babies named Rhian in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Rhian was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Rhian in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhian
The Social Security Administration has registered 889 babies named Rhian between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhian currently holds the #10464 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Rhian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 126 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rhian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhian in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhian 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 889 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.
Rhian at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Rhian popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2007)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #10464 among girls.
889 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 59 births in a single year.
Rhian popularity over time — boys
126 total births recorded since 1977 (Rhian as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rhian accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 351 births that decade — 39% of Rhian's all-time total
Rhian decade highlights
- Peak decade 351 births
- Runner-up 288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rhian's strongest decade
351 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Rhian by state
Where Rhian concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 39 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 29 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.8% |
39 of 889 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.4% 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, 1977–2024 (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.