Rhett
Rhett is ranked 174th among boys in 2024 (2,134 births). Its best rank was 149th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #174down 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,1340.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20212,538 births
- Best rank
- #149in 2021
- Since 1917
- 34,721people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,721 boys have been named Rhett in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 2,538 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rhett | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 228 | |
| 1950s | 509 | |
| 1960s | 975 | |
| 1970s | 1,521 | |
| 1980s | 1,477 | |
| 1990s | 2,174 | |
| 2000s | 3,021 | |
| 2010s | 13,057 | |
| 2020s | 11,706 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Rhett was the 149th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Rhett
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alaricpeak 2020
- Thorinpeak 2023
- Remypeak 2022
- Kilianpeak 2023
- Barrettpeak 2020
- Cedarpeak 2022
- Kabirpeak 2021
- Macklinpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.