Rhys

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Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Origin: Welsh

Meaning

Rhys or Rhลทs is a popular Welsh given name that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr.

From Wikipedia

Rhys first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 170 babies (rank #197 that year). In 2024 it was given to 114 boys (rank #292). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Rhys

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rhys yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,526
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
170
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199136#504
199239#497
199352#422
199434#515
199535#544
199641#485
199746#458
199852#422
199970#339
200085#286
200180#305
200281#294
200377#312
200478#313
200586#307
200698#295
2007103#296
2008170#197
2009129#248
2010152#224
2011156#221
2012161#222
2013140#244
2014168#220
2015122#282
2016123#290
2017149#249
2018112#304
2019100#326
2020110#299
2021117#297
2022108#298
2023111#288
2024114#292