girls:
804 births since 1994
#4912 (14th percentile)
boys:
12.6k births since 1929
#1029 (78th percentile)
overall:
13.4k births since 1929
#2264 (71st percentile)
The name Rhys is the #2,264 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,396 recorded births since 1929. This represents the 70.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,029 (77.6% percentile) for all time with 12,592 births since 1929. For girls, it ranks #4,912 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 804 births since 1994.
Rhys first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1929 (1929 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Rhys is available in 78 out of the 95 years between 1929 and 2023 (78 years for boys and 29 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 Rhys has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Rhys were boys.
For boys, Rhys reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 63.4% percentile (ranked #334) with 505 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 505 births per million (ranked 63.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1978, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rhys is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #334 (63.4% percentile) with 505 births per million.
For girls, Rhys reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #901) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rhys is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #893 (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rhys".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rhys. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Rhys is pronounced as rees, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is reez, at 12.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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