# Rhiannon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhiannon/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,544 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 15,539 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,202, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 156 | 1,452 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,670 |
| 2013 | 106 | 1,898 |
| 2014 | 134 | 1,613 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,755 |
| 2016 | 142 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 158 | 1,440 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,471 |
| 2019 | 189 | 1,241 |
| 2020 | 204 | 1,157 |
| 2021 | 224 | 1,108 |
| 2022 | 219 | 1,128 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,157 |
| 2024 | 178 | 1,300 |
| 2025 | 210 | 1,119 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 7,141 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 692 |
| 2012 | 45 | 844 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 32 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## People named Rhiannon

- Rhiannon Fish, Canadian-born Australian actress
- Rhiannon Giddens, American musician (born 1977)
- Rhi Jeffrey, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion

## 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.