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Rhiannon

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Rhiannon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 175 births. Its best rank was 418th, in 1977.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1750.01% of girls
Peak year
1999651 births
Best rank
#418in 1977
Since 1974
15,325people given the name
Babies named Rhiannon, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

15,325 girls have been named Rhiannon in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 651 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Rhiannon
1970s1,666
1980s3,276
1990s3,833
2000s4,075
2010s1,443
2020s1,032

In 1999, its biggest year

Rhiannon was the 424th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.

Names that rose and fell with Rhiannon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.