Rhyse
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REES
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Rhyse is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour, enthusiasm”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Rhyse mean?
Welsh: spelling of Rhys
“ardour, enthusiasm”
The Lord Rhys was a 12th-century ruler of Deheubarth in south Wales.
Is Rhyse a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhyse 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 Rhyse in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rhyse in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Rhyse in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Rhyse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Rhyse, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Rhyse in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,981 boys in the US were given Rhyse or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Rhyse in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Rhyse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Aiden, Kayden, Declan, Kian, Brody, Rowan, Cove, Reeve, Bryn, Roan
Other spellings of Rhyse
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Bowen, Griffin, Gavin, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn, Eira
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, “Rhyse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhyse, updated 20 October 2026.