Rhiannon

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhiannon: Recorded since 1985, it reached #65 in 1994, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#65highest recorded position
18groupings 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	#84
1997	#86
1998	#83
1999	#91
2000	#97
2001	#113
2002	#121
2003	#113
2004	#164
2005	#167
2006	#188
2007	#215
2008	#295
2009	#363
2010	#438
2011	#692
2012	#844
2013	#944
2014	#1094
2015	#1088
2016	#1327
2017	#1457
2018	#1170
2019	#1439
2020	#1313
2021	#1692
2022	#1452
2023	#1469
2024	#1198

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 Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 35 years from 1985 to 2019.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1439 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1985–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #519 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1987–1999
Highest recorded position: #65 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1994 (recorded 1987–1999).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhiannon appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 6,180 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1985.

Rhiannon across 4 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.

Rhiannon'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#519 (1985)	#218 (2002)	#871 (2019)	23 of 35	147 (1985–2019)	17 (2002)
England and Wales · Girls	#84 (1996)	#83 (1998)	#1198 (2024)	29 of 29	6,180 (1996–2024)	657 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#127 (1997)	#77 (2000)	#366 (2010)	14 of 14	212 (1997–2010)	27 (2000)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#99 (1987)	#65 (1994)	#92 (1999)	12 of 13	1,253 (1987–1999)	129 (1994)

Rhiannon 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 Rhiannon in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	2,492	4 of 10	623
2000sbusiest	3,180	10 of 10	318
2010s	397	10 of 10	40
2020s	111	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 318 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 116, from 526 to 410.

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

Rhiannon 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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 1994.

Rhiannon'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	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1088	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#944	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#844	45	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#692	56	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#438	96	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#363	120	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#295	159	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#215	240	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#188	274	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#167	305	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#164	325	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#113	439	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#121	382	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#113	410	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#97	526	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#91	590	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#83	657	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#86	591	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#84	654	High	Verified
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#137	15	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#96	21	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#108	17	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#125	15	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#100	20	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#115	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#77	27	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#95	23	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#127	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	17	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
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 4 registrars between 1985 and 2024, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #65, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 657 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1987, and 12 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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Rhianne · #301, 23y
Rhion · #2660, 16y
Rhoda · #252, 38y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Tiarnan · #62, 37y
Larry · #69, 38y
Elliott · #71, 34y
Candice · #72, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alyce · #65, 23y
Vilja · #65, 29y
Brenton · #66, 12y
Krystal · #63, 40y

Rhiannon was ranked #65 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1994. 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.

Rhiannon 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 Rhiannon without appearing here.

Rhiannon moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1410 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1198 and #1894.
Rachael Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1316 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1313 and #1939.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1198 and #1819.
Shannon Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #1505 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1452 and #1948.

Moved ahead of Rhiannon

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #692 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #844 and #284.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1088 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1327 and #768.
Clodagh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1313 and #1397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #1195.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #438 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #692 and #261.

Moved the opposite way to Rhiannon

Alexandra Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 while Alexandra went from #306 to #88.
Alice Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 while Alice went from #132 to #35.
Caitlin Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 while Caitlin went from #519 to #152.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 while Caoimhe went from #140 to #17.

Moved the same way as Rhiannon

Alma Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 and Alma from #242 to #502.
Aoife Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 and Aoife from #9 to #16.
Audrey Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 and Audrey from #115 to #716.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1985 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhiannon went from #519 to #871 and Deirdre from #23 to #871.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhiannon

Rhiannon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhiannon across 4 official records

Rhiannon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhiannon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rhiannon at a glance

Rhiannon across 4 official records

Rhiannon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhiannon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Rhiannon

Rhiannon and the names beside it

Rhiannon moved ahead of

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