Rhia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rhia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rhia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #247 in 2014, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#897
1998	#1036
1999	#1060
2000	#930
2001	#1170
2002	#938
2003	#1224
2004	#963
2005	#1343
2006	#909
2007	#866
2008	#878
2009	#879
2010	#773
2011	#1043
2012	#1210
2013	#1018
2014	#1411
2015	#1452
2016	#1241
2017	#1995
2018	#1788
2019	#2643
2020	#2615
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2023	#2201
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2019
Highest recorded position: #247 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2009–2019).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 633 births with the name.

Rhia across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rhia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#773 (2010)	#5891 (2024)	29 of 29	633 (1996–2024)	47 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#661 (2014)	#885 (2025)	12 of 19	43 (2007–2025)	5 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#253 (2009)	#247 (2014)	#263 (2019)	9 of 11	43 (2009–2019)	7 (2009)

Rhia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rhia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	268	10 of 10	27
2010s	252	10 of 10	25
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rhia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #247 in Northern Ireland in 2014.

Rhia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1043	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#773	47	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#879	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#878	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#909	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#963	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Rhiana · #764, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adelina · #247, 34y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maizie · #247, 29y
Rylan · #247, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kasey · #247, 31y
Kym · #247, 22y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maizie · #247, 29y

Rhia was ranked #247 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rhia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rhia without appearing here.

Rhia moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1222 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #1802.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1222 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #1450.
Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #930 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1170 and #1439.
Deirdre Compare
In 2013 they stood at #798 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #876.

Moved ahead of Rhia

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1743.
Jude Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1894.
Diane Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #2411.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #2411.

Moved the opposite way to Rhia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rhia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhia went from #1222 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #247 in Northern Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhia

Rhia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhia across 3 official records

Rhia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhia appears in

Popularity data

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Rhia at a glance

Rhia across 3 official records

Rhia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhia appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rhia

Rhia and the names beside it

Rhia moved ahead of

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