Rhys
124
Babies in 2024
-76%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 1.60k
-13%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Rhys
Rhys peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (1,600 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 124 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Rhys reached its peak in 2008, when 1,600 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #49 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 124 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 24,418 boys have been officially registered with the name Rhys in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 2,928 boys were registered with the name, starting from 509 in 2014 and ending at 124 in 2024.