NameTides

Rhys

Rhys was the #410 boys' name in the US in 2025 (778 babies), and #389 in England & Wales and #289 in Canada.

Rhys as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Rhys as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Rhys as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#410 (778)#389 (106)#278 (13)#212 (9)#179 (27)#289 (115)—
2024#352 (952)#355 (124)#218 (19)#305 (5)#207 (23)#291 (114)—
2023#353 (931)#308 (143)#138 (35)#200 (10)#187 (27)#283 (111)—
2022#426 (733)#277 (162)#175 (27)#207 (10)#140 (43)#296 (108)—
2021#413 (750)#253 (187)#150 (34)#211 (10)#127 (50)#297 (116)—
2020#418 (713)#225 (215)#142 (38)#142 (17)#158 (35)#303 (107)—
2019#440 (692)#240 (210)#145 (38)#169 (14)#133 (45)#331 (98)—
2018#463 (627)#196 (269)#121 (49)#195 (11)#144 (42)#310 (109)—
2017#476 (619)#184 (293)#151 (38)#171 (14)#109 (60)#252 (146)—
2016#494 (612)#147 (390)#105 (65)#104 (29)#113 (61)#291 (121)—
2015#512 (560)#136 (426)#94 (70)#102 (29)#100 (71)#282 (121)—
2014#484 (580)#126 (509)#79 (88)#85 (37)#97 (80)#219 (170)—
2013#490 (560)#101 (626)#69 (107)#83 (37)#82 (98)#247 (137)—
2012#474 (576)#84 (769)#43 (158)#78 (45)#66 (124)#222 (160)—
2011#487 (539)#70 (946)#55 (134)#66 (52)#68 (120)#216 (157)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #352.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1929.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 880common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rhys is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rhys by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #273WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #447ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #375NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: #312ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #338INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #138PANew Jersey: #302NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #505CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #237VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #365NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #622TXFlorida: #515FL
Rhys (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#24855

Rhys (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RhysCanadaGirls—too few
RhysCanadaBoys#289115
RhysEngland & WalesBoys#389106
RhysIrelandBoys#17927
RhysNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RhysNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
RhysNSWBoys—too few
RhysScotlandBoys#27813
RhysUSGirls#3,83238
RhysUSBoys#410778