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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rhythm

Rhythm was the 2770th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,858 places. More babies were named Rhythm in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,770 girls, up 110 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
62girls
Girls and boys
57% girls, 43% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202562 babies
Total since 1880
1,212babies recorded

Rhythm popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#2,770#2,7476247
2020#2,880#3,3305734
2010#11,076#4,8031020
2000—#10,064—6
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How popular is Rhythm, counting every spelling?

Rhythm has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rhythm?

62 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rhythm (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rhythm born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 135 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rhythm.

Chance of another Rhythm in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rhythm?

About 600 people born in the US named Rhythm are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Rhythm a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rhythm by state

How common Rhythm was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rhythm, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rhythm: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rhythm, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Rhythm

How popular is the name Rhythm?

Rhythm was the 2770th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,858 places. More babies were named Rhythm in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Rhythm a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 57% girls, 43% boys given the name Rhythm in the US.

Where is Rhythm most popular?

In 2021–2025, Rhythm was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.