Unisex name · since 2000
Rhyen
162 babies named Rhyen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhyen currently ranks #15896 among unisex names in America, with 162 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyen has been recorded 162 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #15896 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #22,011 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,896 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 162 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyen ranks #22,011 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,896 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 162 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhyen's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhyen compares
162 33rd 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
Rhyen's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhyen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 162 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhyen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhyen's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhyen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Rhyen popularity over time - boys
51 total births recorded since 2002 (Rhyen as boys' name)
Rhyen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Rhyen's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Rhyen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Rhyen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhyen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Rhyen 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.