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
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 729 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,431since 1880
Reba over time
Rank among girls' names. Reba has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,854 | 47 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,498 | 108 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,330 | 124 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,184 | 149 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,131 | 157 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,072 | 169 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,137 | 156 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,445 | 108 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,491 | 97 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 109 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,551 | 65 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,239 | 84 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,263 | 81 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,103 | 108 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,020 | 121 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,024 | 113 | — | |
| 1968 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1967 | #767 | 164 | — | |
| 1966 | #760 | 166 | — | |
| 1965 | #699 | 199 | — | |
| 1964 | #701 | 218 | — | |
| 1963 | #651 | 241 | — | |
| 1962 | #613 | 267 | — | |
| 1961 | #568 | 309 | — | |
| 1960 | #495 | 382 | — | |
| 1959 | #519 | 349 | — | |
| 1958 | #502 | 365 | — | |
| 1957 | #471 | 403 | — | |
| 1956 | #430 | 452 | — | |
| 1955 | #420 | 444 | — | |
| 1954 | #406 | 453 | — | |
| 1953 | #407 | 440 | — | |
| 1952 | #403 | 429 | — | |
| 1951 | #389 | 441 | — | |
| 1950 | #421 | 362 | — | |
| 1949 | #377 | 432 | — | |
| 1948 | #378 | 440 | — | |
| 1947 | #364 | 488 | — | |
| 1946 | #346 | 475 | — | |
| 1945 | #325 | 442 | — | |
| 1944 | #324 | 440 | — | |
| 1943 | #302 | 529 | — | |
| 1942 | #299 | 526 | — | |
| 1941 | #281 | 525 | — | |
| 1940 | #264 | 550 | — | |
| 1939 | #266 | 538 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #264 | 574 | — | |
| 1937 | #256 | 601 | — | |
| 1936 | #251 | 609 | — | |
| 1935 | #253 | 614 | — | |
| 1934 | #245 | 636 | — | |
| 1933 | #242 | 627 | — | |
| 1932 | #240 | 657 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #233 | 652 | — | |
| 1930 | #235 | 680 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #247 | 642 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #231 | 729 | — | |
| 1927 | #241 | 726 | — | |
| 1926 | #235 | 747 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #232 | 792 | — | |
| 1924 | #236 | 773 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #242 | 728 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #241 | 728 | — | |
| 1921 | #241 | 748 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #248 | 699 | — | |
| 1919 | #239 | 706 | — | |
| 1918 | #244 | 689 | — | |
| 1917 | #249 | 618 | — | |
| 1916 | #240 | 665 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #234 | 662 | — | |
| 1914 | #238 | 502 | — | |
| 1913 | #240 | 410 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #245 | 335 | — | |
| 1911 | #243 | 259 | — | |
| 1910 | #251 | 236 | — | |
| 1909 | #246 | 208 | — | |
| 1908 | #260 | 183 | — | |
| 1907 | #267 | 167 | — | |
| 1906 | #270 | 150 | — | |
| 1905 | #256 | 162 | — | |
| 1904 | #278 | 128 | — | |
| 1903 | #278 | 126 | — | |
| 1902 | #274 | 129 | — | |
| 1901 | #261 | 124 | — | |
| 1900 | #304 | 116 | — | |
| 1899 | #310 | 93 | — | |
| 1898 | #258 | 133 | — | |
| 1897 | #320 | 82 | — | |
| 1896 | #273 | 109 | — | |
| 1895 | #312 | 87 | — | |
| 1894 | #278 | 100 | — | |
| 1893 | #334 | 65 | — | |
| 1892 | #320 | 71 | — | |
| 1891 | #332 | 58 | — | |
| 1890 | #382 | 43 | — | |
| 1889 | #388 | 39 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #403 | 29 | — | |
| 1886 | #406 | 28 | — | |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | — | |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 | — | |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
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 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#100 · 1 in 392
- Arkansas#104 · 1 in 364
- West Virginia#135 · 1 in 633
- Oklahoma#138 · 1 in 556
- Virginia#140 · 1 in 693
Best ever in a state: #49 in Tennessee, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #100 | 59 | 1 in 392 |
| Arkansas | #104 | 45 | 1 in 364 |
| West Virginia | #135 | 24 | 1 in 633 |
| Oklahoma | #138 | 33 | 1 in 556 |
| Virginia | #140 | 35 | 1 in 693 |
| Georgia | #157 | 42 | 1 in 746 |
| Indiana | #161 | 25 | 1 in 948 |
| Maryland | #164 | 12 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Kentucky | #166 | 29 | 1 in 829 |
| North Carolina | #173 | 33 | 1 in 925 |
| Texas | #174 | 56 | 1 in 804 |
| Missouri | #180 | 27 | 1 in 1,068 |
| South Carolina | #183 | 18 | 1 in 1,068 |
| Alabama | #190 | 25 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Pennsylvania | #197 | 52 | 1 in 1,717 |
| Kansas | #199 | 12 | 1 in 1,233 |
| New Jersey | #235 | 11 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Mississippi | #260 | 11 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Ohio | #263 | 18 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Illinois | #267 | 23 | 1 in 2,518 |
| New York | #285 | 29 | 1 in 3,241 |
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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.
See more about Reba
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1928 at #231 (729 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- 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
- 20.6% of all girls named Reba (7,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 224 | #388 (1889) | #454 |
| 1890s | 841 | #258 (1898) | #312 |
| 1900s | 1,493 | #246 (1909) | #269 |
| 1910s | 5,082 | #234 (1915) | #242 |
| 1920s | 7,312 | #231 (1928) | #239 |
| 1930s | 6,188 | #233 (1931) | #249 |
| 1940s | 4,847 | #264 (1940) | #326 |
| 1950s | 4,138 | #389 (1951) | #437 |
| 1960s | 2,175 | #495 (1960) | #724 |
| 1970s | 737 | #1,020 (1970) | #1,512 |
| 1980s | 658 | #1,320 (1988) | #1,907 |
| 1990s | 1,138 | #1,072 (1992) | #1,629 |
| 2000s | 293 | #3,591 (2000) | #4,684 |
| 2010s | 187 | #5,041 (2019) | #6,790 |
| 2020s | 118 | #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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,570 of them was named Reba, which outranked 95.3% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 127,154 of them was named Reba, which outranked 29.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).