Rhett

What Rhett means

Means “advice”

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rhett” (revision 89032258), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rhett?

US: Rising: up from #276 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 2,538 boys got the name (#149 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 882 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (5.5 per 1,000 boys), SD (5.46 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.95 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rhett is #188 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Rhett were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rhet8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rhett

Boys

• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Ford#474Editor’s note Up from #741 in 2015 to #474 in 2025 in the US
• Remington#307“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Remington#511“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rhett’s. Rank is US 2025.