# Rhodri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhodri/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 871, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 11,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,815 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Rhodri

- Rhodri Morgan, First Minister of Wales (1939-2017)
- Rhodri Molwynog, 8th-century king of Gwynedd
- Rhodri Meilir, British actor

## 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.