Rhianne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhianne: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #301, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#301highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#316
1997	#367
1998	#325
1999	#410
2000	#405
2001	#532
2002	#750
2003	#855
2004	#712
2005	#1165
2006	#1119
2007	#987
2008	#1718
2009	#1411
2010	#1520
2011	#2636
2012	#2215
2013	#2887
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#5666

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 2018.

In 2006: #384 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1119 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #316 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 recorded1997–2006
Highest recorded position: #301 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2006).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhianne appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 803 births with the name.

Rhianne 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.

Rhianne'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	#316 (1996)	#316 (1996)	#5666 (2018)	23 of 23	803 (1996–2018)	112 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#301 (1998)	#384 (2006)	4 of 10	13 (1997–2006)	4 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#465 (2000)	#465 (2000)	#689 (2005)	2 of 6	7 (2000–2005)	4 (2000)

Rhianne 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 Rhianne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	387	4 of 10	97
2000sbusiest	345	10 of 10	35
2010s	71	9 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births fell by 32, from 109 to 77.

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

Rhianne 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #301 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Rhianne'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#987	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1119	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#712	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#855	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#532	53	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#405	78	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#410	77	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#325	109	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#367	89	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#316	112	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	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 2018, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #301, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 112 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 4 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.

Rhianna · #38, 29y
Rhiannan · #498, 15y
Rhiannon · #65, 38y
Rhion · #2660, 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.

Danni · #301, 28y
Borys · #302, 18y
Caoilainn · #300, 21y
Hendrix · #302, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y
Danni · #301, 28y
Francie · #301, 18y
Sarah-Jayne · #301, 17y

Rhianne was ranked #301 in Northern 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.

Rhianne 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 Rhianne without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Rhianne

Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Denise Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Tracy Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Maren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.

Moved the opposite way to Rhianne

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Rhianne

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhianne went from #316 to #5666 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

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 2018. Highest recorded position: #301 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Rhianne

Rhianne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhianne across 3 official records

Rhianne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhianne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rhianne

Rhianne and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Rhianne

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Rhianne at a glance

Rhianne across 3 official records

Rhianne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhianne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rhianne

Rhianne and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Rhianne

Moved the opposite way to Rhianne

Moved the same way as Rhianne