Rhiann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhiann: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #671, and it was last ranked in 2014.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#671highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2014

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#671
1997	#789
1998	#869
1999	#721
2000	#852
2001	#918
2002	#1192
2003	#1722
2004	#1383
2005	#2682
2006	#1748
2007	#1741
2008	#2487
2009	#3031
2010	#2235
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#3160

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 2014.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3031 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #671 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 recorded1996–2014
Highest recorded position: #671 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2014).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #3160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhiann 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 Rhiann in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	121	4 of 10	30
2000sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2010s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Rhiann 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #671 in England and Wales in 1996.

Rhiann'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
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#918	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#852	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#721	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#789	29	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#671	35	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2014, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #671, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, 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.

Rhian · #219, 31y
Rhiana · #764, 16y
Rhianna · #38, 29y
Rhiannan · #498, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Affan · #676, 22y
Azlaan · #676, 15y
Ionatan · #676, 17y
Joaquim · #676, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ammarah · #671, 29y
Baxter · #671, 25y
Rimsha · #671, 25y
Eleri · #672, 29y

Rhiann was ranked #671 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. 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.

Rhiann 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 Rhiann without appearing here.

Rhiann moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4684.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4684.
Brittany Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4003.
Donna Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #2649 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #3514.

Moved ahead of Rhiann

Jude Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #1438.
Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #1489.
Selma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #1608.
Wendy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #1608.

Moved the opposite way to Rhiann

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 while Ada went from #2683 to #233.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 while Alma went from #2096 to #629.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 while Alyssa went from #783 to #188.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 while Amalie went from #2096 to #582.

Moved the same way as Rhiann

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 and Abigail from #21 to #46.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 and Aimee from #70 to #207.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 and Aisling from #440 to #1966.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiann went from #671 to #3160 and Alex from #161 to #1177.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #671 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rhiann

Rhiann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhiann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rhiann at a glance

Rhiann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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