Rhaenyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ray-NEER-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,844 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Rhaenyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Rhaenyra mean?
Modern: invented by George R. R. Martin
Rhaenyra Targaryen is a central character in Martin's Fire & Blood and the TV series House of the Dragon.
Is Rhaenyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhaenyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhaenyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Rhaenyra, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rhaenyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2023 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Rhaenyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
How popular is Rhaenyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,844th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Rhaenyra, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 2022.
Half of all the girls named Rhaenyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhaenyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,636 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
Names like Rhaenyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva, Fiadh, Orla, Eira, Kiara, Ayra, Kianna, Riona, Nova, Liyana, Sienna, Reeva
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhaenyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhaenyra, updated 20 October 2026.