# Rhian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhian/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ryan |
| US babies named this | 1,015 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 126 / 889 (88% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,694, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From modern Welsh Rhian.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33 | 4,476 |
| 2011 | 32 | 4,552 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,579 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,615 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,338 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,211 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,945 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,154 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,864 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,759 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,583 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,162 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,933 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,874 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,928 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,955 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,209 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,476 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,062 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,396 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,404 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,964 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,054 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,514 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,787 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,845 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,762 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,842 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,375 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,840 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30 | 1,093 |
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 36 | 998 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Rhian

- Rhian Brewster, English association football player (born 2000)
- Rhian Wilkinson, Canadian association football player and coach
- Rhian Ramos, Filipina actress, commercial model and singer
- Rhian Edmunds, British cyclist

## 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.