girls:
15.1k births since 1974
#1240 (78th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1982
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
15.2k births since 1974
#2129 (72nd percentile)
The name Rhiannon is the #2,129 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,152 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 72.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,240 (78.3% percentile) for all time with 15,147 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1982.
Rhiannon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1982 for boys).
The name Rhiannon has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rhiannon reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 55.5% percentile (ranked #395) with 334 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 334 births per million (ranked 55.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rhiannon ranks #742 for girls (21.7% percentile) with 120 births per million, which is 35.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rhiannon reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #691) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rhiannon".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rhiannon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Rhiannon is pronounced as ree-A-nuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ree-UH-nuhn, at 14.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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