Rhythm
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- RITH-um
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Rhythm is a name of English origin, meaning “measured flow; regular beat”. In 2025 it ranked 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Rhythm mean?
English: English word, from Greek rhythmos
“measured flow; regular beat”
From Greek rhythmos, related to rhein, 'to flow'.
Is Rhythm a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rhythm has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 62 girls and 47 boys in the US.
How popular is Rhythm in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 boys.
Rhythm in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
How popular is Rhythm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,751among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Rhythm, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. It first appears in the records in 2003. 47 boys were also named Rhythm in 2025 (2,718th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Rhythm of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Rhythm in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2010, 33% of the babies named Rhythm in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 57%, with more girls than boys since 2018.
Rhythm in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Rhythm
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Rhythm: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhythm, updated 20 October 2026.