How Many People Are Named Rhett?
people named Rhett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,920 babies named Rhett in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,554 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname, an Anglicized form of the Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". Margaret Mitchell used this name for the character Rhett Butler in her novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rhett, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rhett alive today is about 13 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rhett first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 2021, to 2,554 babies. In 2025, 1,955 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rhett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #149, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #188.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #188 |
| Best rank | #149 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #161 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rhett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rhett were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,755 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rhett was given 3.1 times as often in North Dakota, 2.9 times in Louisiana and 2.9 times in Montana.
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