Rhian

Rhian

Primarily a girl's name · 96% girls

Origin: Welsh

Rhian first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 192 babies (rank #219 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rhian

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,591

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

192

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	192	#219
1997	144	#265
1998	143	#274
1999	107	#318
2000	119	#305
2001	96	#354
2002	88	#385
2003	89	#407
2004	66	#504
2005	60	#558
2006	68	#536
2007	52	#673
2008	51	#707
2009	35	#955
2010	30	#1,118
2011	40	#911
2012	36	#1,011
2013	41	#919
2014	31	#1,146
2015	19	#1,637
2016	21	#1,564

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

192

#219

1997

144

#265

1998

143

#274

1999

107

#318

2000

119

#305

2001

#354

2002

#385

2003

#407

2004

#504

2005

#558

2006

#536

2007

#673

2008

#707

2009

#955

2010

#1,118

2011

#911

2012

#1,011

2013

#919

2014

#1,146

2015

#1,637

2016

#1,564

Numerology of Rhian

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Rhian

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