NameTides

Rhythm

Rhythm was the #2,751 girls' name in the US in 2025 (62 babies), and #2,475 in Canada.

Rhythm as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rhythm as a girl’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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Rhythm as a girl’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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#2,751 (62)—#2,475 (8)
2024#2,889 (57)—#3,383 (5)
2023#2,852 (59)—#2,366 (8)
2022#3,123 (52)#3,971 (5)#3,228 (5)
2021#3,339 (47)—#2,616 (7)
2020#2,850 (57)#5,493 (3)#2,343 (8)
2019#3,388 (46)——
2018#3,438 (45)—#2,151 (9)
2017#4,477 (31)——
2016#4,850 (28)—#3,294 (5)
2015#5,458 (24)—#2,891 (6)
2014#6,987 (17)——
2013#5,013 (27)——
2012#7,804 (15)——
2011#11,181 (9)——

Rhythm as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rhythm 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Rhythm 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#2,718 (47)—#2,527 (7)
2024#3,335 (35)#3,689 (5)#1,909 (10)
2023#2,737 (47)#4,108 (4)#2,921 (5)
2022#3,151 (38)#3,450 (5)#2,810 (5)
2021#2,862 (43)——
2020#3,274 (34)—#2,746 (5)
2019#2,897 (42)—#2,440 (6)
2018#3,171 (36)—#2,740 (5)
2017#3,123 (37)#3,449 (5)#2,439 (6)
2016#2,993 (39)——
2015#3,365 (33)#4,747 (3)#2,387 (6)
2014#3,787 (27)——
2013#4,180 (23)#4,685 (3)#2,606 (5)
2012#6,306 (13)#3,416 (5)—
2011#4,356 (22)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,751.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.
  • In 2025, 57% of US babies named Rhythm were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rhythm is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rhythm by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Rhythm (girls) 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#1,3557

Rhythm (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
RhythmCanadaGirls#2,4758
RhythmCanadaBoys#2,5277
RhythmEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RhythmEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RhythmNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RhythmNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RhythmUSGirls#2,75162
RhythmUSBoys#2,71847