Girls' name · since 1988
Rhiann
Rhiann has 138 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
138 girls have been named Rhiann since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rhiann has 138 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2019.
- #23,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 138 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhiann ranks #23,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 138 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rhiann's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhiann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhiann's full recorded timeline at 2003, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhiann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2019
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Rhiann by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Rhiann's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Rhiann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Rhiann's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2010s (24) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhiann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1988–2019 (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 Rhiann 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.