Boys' name · since 2016
Rhyus
Rhyus has 16 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,009 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Rhyus since 2016, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyus has been recorded 16 times among boys since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2016 to 2020.
- #31,009 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhyus ranks #31,009 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,009 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhyus's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhyus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhyus's full recorded timeline at 2017, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhyus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2020
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Rhyus by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Rhyus's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Rhyus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Rhyus's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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 Rhyus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2016–2020 (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 Rhyus 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.