Rhet
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Rhet is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “advice, counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Rhet mean?
Germanic: spelling of Rhett; from a Dutch surname, via American use
“advice, counsel”
Made famous by Rhett Butler in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind.
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Meaning borrowed from Rhett. More on Wiktionary.
Is Rhet a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Rhet, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Rhet in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,944 boys in the US were given Rhet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #208, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Rhett 1,936
- Rhet 8
Rhet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Rhet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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