# Rhett (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Dutch |
| Meaning | “advice” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,920 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36,669 / 251 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 140, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,526 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,445 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,126 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,747 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,373 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,164 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,492 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,735 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,758 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,881 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,197 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,412 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,118 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,850 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,275 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 447 | 564 |
| 2012 | 521 | 508 |
| 2013 | 688 | 426 |
| 2014 | 978 | 340 |
| 2015 | 1,341 | 276 |
| 2016 | 1,768 | 220 |
| 2017 | 2,202 | 180 |
| 2018 | 2,313 | 167 |
| 2019 | 2,391 | 166 |
| 2020 | 2,350 | 159 |
| 2021 | 2,538 | 149 |
| 2022 | 2,501 | 151 |
| 2023 | 2,189 | 165 |
| 2024 | 2,138 | 174 |
| 2025 | 1,936 | 188 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Rhett

- Rhett Reese, American screenwriter
- Rhett Davies, British record producer
- Rhett Forrester, American musician (1956-1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.