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Rhya

Girl · REE-uh · Greek

Rhya is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).

Where does Rhya come from?

Greek: variant of Rhea, or of Ria and Riya

Say it
REE-uh

Is Rhya a girl's or a boy's name?

Rhya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rhya in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rhya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.

In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were given Rhya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.

2000Busiest: 6 in 20082025
Rhya in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20234#4,915
20224#4,870
20210–
20200–
20193#5,804
20180–
20171#7,682
20160–
20150–
20140–
20133#6,003
20121#7,881
20110–
20100–
20093#5,801
20086#3,589
20071#7,017
20064#4,357
20050–
20041#6,173
20031#5,865
20020–
20015#2,928
20005#2,907

How popular is Rhya in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,237among girls
Babies in 2025
24about 1 in 67,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Rhya, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Rhya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 180 girls in the US were given Rhya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,129, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.

1991Busiest: 31 in 20232025
Rhya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202524#5,237
202422#5,612
202331#4,451
202223#5,462
202118#6,409
202020#5,846
201916#7,021
201810#9,801
20179#10,685
201611#9,408
201510#10,143
201414#8,050
20139#10,995
201214#8,204
201117#7,115
201017#7,214
200910#10,675
200815#8,105
200716#7,729
20067#13,601
200510#10,123
20047#12,754
20037#12,401
20020–
20015#15,345
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19916#11,501

Names like Rhya

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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