Rhyan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rhyan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #601 in 2008, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#601highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1999

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2008: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1706 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Rhyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Rhyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	28	7 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Rhyan 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 2022. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Rhyan'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	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 2022, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #601, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, 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.

Rhona · #175, 59y
Rhonda · #21, 37y
Rhyanna · #764, 14y
Rhydian · #567, 29y

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.

Davie · #601, 26y
Hao · #601, 20y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Radu · #601, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Davie · #601, 26y
Hao · #601, 20y
Kory · #601, 29y
Rob · #601, 11y

Rhyan was ranked #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Rhyan 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 Rhyan without appearing here.

Rhyan moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1568 and #4527.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3095.

Moved ahead of Rhyan

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.

Moved the opposite way to Rhyan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Rhyan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rhyan went from #1591 to #4789 and Alan from #163 to #472.

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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 2022. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Rhyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rhyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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