Rhone
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROHN
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Rhone is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Rhone mean?
Celtic: from the River Rhône, Latin Rhodanus, probably of Celtic origin
The Rhône flows from the Swiss Alps through Lyon to the Mediterranean.
Is Rhone a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 34 boys in the US.
How popular is Rhone in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Rhone, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 2004. 8 girls were also named Rhone in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Rhone of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Rhone in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 183 boys in the US were given Rhone or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,050, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
- Roan 149
- Rhone 34
Rhone in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
Names like Rhone
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge, Finn, Kyaire, Raiden, Ronan, Finnegan, Case, Kayden, Cove, Rayden, Cassian, Declan
Other spellings of Rhone
Names related to Rhone
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rhone: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhone, updated 20 October 2026.