Rhythm — #2911 US unisex name
570 babies named Rhythm in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Rhythm was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Rhythm in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhythm
The Social Security Administration has registered 570 babies named Rhythm between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhythm currently holds the #2911 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Rhythm is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 533 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhythm performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rhythm shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhythm in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhythm 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 570 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.
Rhythm at a glance
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Current rank
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Rhythm popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2023)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #2911 among girls.
570 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 59 births in a single year.
Rhythm popularity over time — boys
533 total births recorded since 2000 (Rhythm as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rhythm accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhythm by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 272 births that decade — 48% of Rhythm's all-time total
Rhythm decade highlights
- Peak decade 272 births
- Runner-up 252 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rhythm's strongest decade
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Rhythm by state
Where Rhythm concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.9% |
37 of 570 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.5% 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, 2003–2024 (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.