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Rhys

Pronounced /ɹis/

Rank in 2024
#353
Born in 2024
946
Peak year
2024 · #353
Origin
Welsh

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.20.40.618801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 946 boys were named Rhys, about 1 in every 1,813.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1929.
  • 13,547 boys have been named Rhys since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rhys per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 193 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 158 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 692 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,170 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,321 babies, 0.38 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name from Welsh.
Origin
Welsh
Say it
/ɹis/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rhys, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Ross

    Rank
    #1,361
    Born '24
    139
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19852024
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    Reyes

    Rank
    #3,531
    Born '24
    32
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19992024
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    Russ

    Rank
    #6,227
    Born '24
    14
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19592024