How Many People Are Named Rhys?
people named Rhys are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,806 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,221 babies named Rhys in Social Security records from 1929 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
995 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. Several Welsh rulers have borne this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rhys, 5.9% were girls and 94.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rhys alive today is about 11 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rhys first appears in the records in 1929 and was given most often in 2024, to 995 babies. In 2025, 816 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1929 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rhys has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #353, in 2023 to 2024. In 2025 it ranked #412.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #412 |
| Best rank | #353 (2023 to 2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #494 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rhys alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rhys were born in California than in any other state: about 1,549 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rhys was given 2 times as often in Delaware, 2 times in Pennsylvania and 1.7 times in Colorado.
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