Rhina — girls' name
106 babies named Rhina in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
106 girls have been named Rhina since 1950, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2007.
- 106
- total births
- 1950–2007
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Rhina was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Rhina in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhina
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Rhina between 1950 and 2007, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rhina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhina 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 106 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.
Rhina at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1950
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
106 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Rhina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 42% of Rhina's all-time total
Rhina decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rhina's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Rhina by state
Where Rhina concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.7% |
6 of 106 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% 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, 1950–2007 (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.