# Rhys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhys/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹis/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,221 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,334 / 887 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24,524, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Rhys. Doublet of Price, Reece, Rees, Reese, and Rice.

## 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 | 39 | 3,899 |
| 2012 | 39 | 3,978 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,285 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,748 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,989 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,946 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,674 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,539 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,986 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,828 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,029 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,780 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,816 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,633 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,892 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 539 | 487 |
| 2012 | 576 | 475 |
| 2013 | 560 | 490 |
| 2014 | 580 | 485 |
| 2015 | 560 | 514 |
| 2016 | 612 | 495 |
| 2017 | 619 | 477 |
| 2018 | 627 | 463 |
| 2019 | 692 | 440 |
| 2020 | 713 | 419 |
| 2021 | 750 | 413 |
| 2022 | 733 | 426 |
| 2023 | 931 | 353 |
| 2024 | 952 | 353 |
| 2025 | 778 | 412 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 946 | 70 |
| 2012 | 769 | 84 |
| 2013 | 626 | 101 |
| 2014 | 509 | 126 |
| 2015 | 426 | 136 |
| 2016 | 390 | 147 |
| 2017 | 293 | 184 |
| 2018 | 269 | 196 |
| 2019 | 210 | 240 |
| 2020 | 215 | 225 |
| 2021 | 187 | 253 |
| 2022 | 162 | 277 |
| 2023 | 143 | 308 |
| 2024 | 124 | 355 |
| 2025 | 106 | 389 |

## People named Rhys

- Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor
- Rhys Williams, English footballer
- Rhys Williams, British hurdling athlete
- Rhys Chatham, American composer
- Rhys Coiro, American actor
- Rhys Murphy, association football player (born 1990)
- Rhys Williams, Australian association football player
- Rhys Frake-Waterfield, British film director
- Rhys Healey, English association football player (born 1994)
- Rhys Weston, British footballer (born 1980)
- Rhys Britton, British road and track cyclist
- Rhys Carpenter, American art historian (1889–1980)

## 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.