How Many People Are Named Rhet?
An estimated 225 people in the United States have the first name Rhet. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Rhet peaked in popularity in 2019 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Rhet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Rhet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
225
About 1 in 1,523,353 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2019
16 births
Total Registered
229
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Rhet
Rhet is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 229 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Rhet as a male name
Ranked #11,996 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (16 births)
Rhet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Rhet span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 81 babies were registered. While Rhet is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Rhet by Decade
How has Rhet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Rhet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Rhet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Rhet
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Rhet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rhet?
We estimate approximately 225 people named Rhet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,523,353 Americans share this first name.
Is Rhet a common name?
Rhet is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 229 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Rhet most popular?
Rhet reached peak popularity in 2019, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Rhet is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Rhet a male name?
Rhet is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Rhet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Rhet Smith, Rhet Johnson, Rhet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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