NameTides

Rhen

Rhen was the #5,208 boys' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies).

Rhen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rhen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Rhen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,208 (18)——
2024#5,067 (19)—#3,072 (5)
2023#3,474 (33)——
2022#4,570 (22)——
2021#3,427 (33)——
2020#3,497 (31)#4,608 (3)#2,746 (5)
2019#4,337 (23)——
2018#6,345 (13)——
2017#6,060 (14)——
2016#5,555 (16)——
2015#9,568 (7)——
2014#9,642 (7)——
2013#12,136 (5)——
2012#10,770 (6)——
2011#12,287 (5)——

Rhen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Rhen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Rhen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#8,362 (12)—
2024#8,946 (11)—
2023#6,680 (17)—
2022#6,464 (18)#3,228 (5)
2021#5,573 (22)—
2020#5,850 (20)—
2019#5,306 (24)—
2018#8,617 (12)—
2017#10,689 (9)—
2016#6,663 (18)—
2014#16,513 (5)—
2013#14,582 (6)—
2012#14,962 (6)—
2010#16,992 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #3,427.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.
  • In 2025, 40% of US babies named Rhen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rhen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 100,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 67,000 to 1 in 160,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RhenCanadaGirls—too few
RhenCanadaBoys—too few
RhenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RhenUSGirls#8,36212
RhenUSBoys#5,20818