Rhiannan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhiannan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #498, and it was last ranked in 2010.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#498highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1666
1998	#1165
1999	#952
2000	#1139
2001	#1359
2002	#1658
2003	#1176
2004	#1617
2005	#1589
2006	#1585
2007	#1573
2008	#3397
2009	#5556
2010	#5707

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 2010.

In 1998: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1165 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 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
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #5707 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhiannan 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 Rhiannan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	61	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Rhiannan 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 2010. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Rhiannan'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	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 2010, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #498, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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.

Rhiann · #671, 19y
Rhianna · #38, 29y
Rhianne · #301, 23y
Rhiannon · #65, 38y

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.

Katlin · #498, 13y
Kaytlyn · #498, 15y
Shanon · #498, 13y
Toyah · #498, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abagail · #498, 8y
Katlin · #498, 13y
Kaytlyn · #498, 15y
Maariyah · #498, 29y

Rhiannan was ranked #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Rhiannan 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 Rhiannan without appearing here.

Rhiannan moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1666 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1165 and #1319.

Moved ahead of Rhiannan

Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2148.
Hayden Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1573 and #1741 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #878.
Kari Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #4524 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3533.
Rian Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1617 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3533.

Moved the opposite way to Rhiannan

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 while Ada went from #2683 to #499.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 while Alma went from #2096 to #1040.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 while Alyssa went from #783 to #164.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 while Amalie went from #2096 to #758.

Moved the same way as Rhiannan

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 and Abigail from #21 to #34.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 and Aisling from #440 to #1520.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 and Alex from #161 to #674.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhiannan went from #1434 to #5707 and Alexandra from #38 to #97.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rhiannan

Rhiannan at a glance

What the data shows

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Rhiannan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rhiannan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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