girls:
220 births since 1995
#5496 (4th percentile)
boys:
32.6k births since 1917
#631 (86th percentile)
overall:
32.8k births since 1917
#1397 (82nd percentile)
The name Rhett is the #1,397 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,797 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 82.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #631 (86.3% percentile) for all time with 32,577 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,496 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 220 births since 1995.
Rhett first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1995 for girls). Birth data for Rhett is available in 92 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (92 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rhett has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Rhett reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 84.3% percentile (ranked #146) with 1,332 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 1,355 births per million (ranked 84.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rhett ranks #162 for boys (82.3% percentile) with 1,192 births per million, which is 88.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rhett reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #928) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rhett is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #932 (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rhett".
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