Rhys is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “son of Rhys.” In 2024 it was given to 946 boys in the United States.
Rhys belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “son of Rhys” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rhys first appears in Social Security records in 1929. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #353 in 2023, and in 2024 946 babies received the name — 13,547 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rhys means “son of Rhys” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rhys is a boy name. In 2024, 946 babies received the name in the US.
Rhys comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Rhys first appears in US records in 1929. Its best-ever ranking was #353 in 2023, and 946 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rhys is pronounced /ɹiːs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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