Reba

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 729 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,431
since 1880

Reba over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Reba has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #231, 1928girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079—
2024#5,96220—
2023#5,39023—
2022#5,02826—
2021#5,95520—
2020#5,85020—
2019#5,04126—
2018#5,61922—
2017#6,28719—
2016#5,62223—
2015#8,00814—
2014#6,45119—
2013#9,61211—
2012#8,20814—
2011#6,14821—
2010#6,90418—
2009#5,53725—
2008#6,35021—
2007#5,70924—
2006#4,68530—
2005#4,70428—
2004#4,28732—
2003#4,30730—
2002#3,81034—
2001#3,86433—
2000#3,59136—
1999#2,85447—
1998#2,49855—
1997#2,13865—
1996#1,498108—
1995#1,330124—
1994#1,184149—
1993#1,131157—
1992#1,072169—
1991#1,137156—
1990#1,445108—
1989#1,49197—
1988#1,320109—
1987#1,336102—
1986#1,49483—
1985#2,10050—
1984#2,11147—
1983#2,15645—
1982#2,32742—
1981#2,19546—
1980#2,53737—
1979#2,05049—
1978#1,80456—
1977#1,73659—
1976#1,55165—
1975#1,85449—
1974#1,49965—
1973#1,23984—
1972#1,26381—
1971#1,103108—
1970#1,020121—
1969#1,024113—
1968#958116—
1967#767164—
1966#760166—
1965#699199—
1964#701218—
1963#651241—
1962#613267—
1961#568309—
1960#495382—
1959#519349—
1958#502365—
1957#471403—
1956#430452—
1955#420444—
1954#406453—
1953#407440—
1952#403429—
1951#389441—
1950#421362—
1949#377432—
1948#378440—
1947#364488—
1946#346475—
1945#325442—
1944#324440—
1943#302529—
1942#299526—
1941#281525—
1940#264550—
1939#266538#3,4805
1938#264574—
1937#256601—
1936#251609—
1935#253614—
1934#245636—
1933#242627—
1932#240657#3,3616
1931#233652—
1930#235680#3,5926
1929#247642#3,5596
1928#231729—
1927#241726—
1926#235747#3,1398
1925#232792—
1924#236773#3,5057
1923#242728#4,2395
1922#241728—
1921#241748#4,3225
1920#248699—
1919#239706—
1918#244689—
1917#249618—
1916#240665#3,1777
1915#234662—
1914#238502—
1913#240410#2,8215
1912#245335—
1911#243259—
1910#251236—
1909#246208—
1908#260183—
1907#267167—
1906#270150—
1905#256162—
1904#278128—
1903#278126—
1902#274129—
1901#261124—
1900#304116—
1899#31093—
1898#258133—
1897#32082—
1896#273109—
1895#31287—
1894#278100—
1893#33465—
1892#32071—
1891#33258—
1890#38243—
1889#38839—
1888#43133—
1887#40329—
1886#40628—
1885#44622—
1884#46319—
1883#49915—
1882#6349—
1881#40517—
1880#46613—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Reba was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Reba is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Reba
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,145 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #10,107)
  • 4,257 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #10,107)
  • 2,099 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1883 (#634 → #499)
  • Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1882 (#405 → #634)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1928 at #231 (729 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,486
  • Highest: 1 in 1,486 girls born in 1915 were named Reba (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #231 in 1928, was only 1 in 1,582 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all girls named Reba (7,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s224#388 (1889)#454
1890s841#258 (1898)#312
1900s1,493#246 (1909)#269
1910s5,082#234 (1915)#242
1920s7,312#231 (1928)#239
1930s6,188#233 (1931)#249
1940s4,847#264 (1940)#326
1950s4,138#389 (1951)#437
1960s2,175#495 (1960)#724
1970s737#1,020 (1970)#1,512
1980s658#1,320 (1988)#1,907
1990s1,138#1,072 (1992)#1,629
2000s293#3,591 (2000)#4,684
2010s187#5,041 (2019)#6,790
2020s118#5,028 (2022)#6,382

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.

Reba in 1904

girls
#278
128 births · 1 in 2,151 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #278Reba128
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 2,151 of them was named Reba, which outranked 87.2% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reba
  1. #273Lorene133
  2. #276Cecil130
  3. #277Dovie129
  4. #278Reba128
  5. #278Janet128
  6. #280Constance127
  7. #280Corinne127
  8. #282Lorraine126

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →