Rea
- #5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births
- Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,944
- Given to girls 90.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,873since 1892
Rea over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Rea! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rea is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Connecticut#540 · 1 in 2,301
- New York#1,526 · 1 in 9,791
Best ever in a state: #409 in New York, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,404 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,238)
- 429 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #5,238)
- 2,375 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #5,238)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1910 at #1,069 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1911, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,324
- Highest: 1 in 23,324 girls born in 1910 were named Rea (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 11.1% of all girls named Rea (208) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 21 | #1,098 (1898) | #1,275 |
| 1900s | 57 | #1,092 (1907) | #1,489 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,069 (1910) | #1,963 |
| 1920s | 183 | #1,766 (1929) | #2,098 |
| 1930s | 170 | #1,597 (1932) | #1,971 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,993 (1947) | #2,356 |
| 1950s | 208 | #2,073 (1958) | #2,408 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,833 (1965) | #3,679 |
| 1970s | 129 | #3,863 (1974) | #4,736 |
| 1980s | 106 | #4,344 (1981) | #5,950 |
| 1990s | 129 | #5,659 (1991) | #7,008 |
| 2000s | 155 | #5,086 (2002) | #7,619 |
| 2010s | 140 | #5,622 (2016) | #8,894 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,833 (2021) | #5,474 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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