Masculine dossier · first seen 1917

Rhett

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rhett
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

2,538

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1917Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

15.9%

2024

2,134

All-time

34,721

Rhett has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 2,538 boys were named Rhett.

In 2024, only 2,134 boys were given the name.

Down 15.9% from its peak.

All told, about 34,721 Americans have been named Rhett and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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