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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMNIllinois: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,496 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedIAIndiana: #235 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,039 girlsINOhio: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,495 girlsOHPennsylvania: #396 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,465 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #488 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,701 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNEMissouri: #167 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 932 girlsMOKentucky: #189 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 910 girlsKYWest Virginia: #149 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 732 girlsWVVirginia: #181 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 998 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNMKansas: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,636 girlsKSArkansas: #106 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 408 girlsARTennessee: #61 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 270 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #163 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 810 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #198 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,094 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #103 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 491 girlsOKLouisiana: #384 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,963 girlsLAMississippi: #248 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,423 girlsMSAlabama: #153 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 652 girlsALGeorgia: #125 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 522 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedHITexas: #191 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 893 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#61 · 1 in 270
  2. Oklahoma#103 · 1 in 491
  3. Arkansas#106 · 1 in 408
  4. Georgia#125 · 1 in 522
  5. West Virginia#149 · 1 in 732

Best ever in a state: #49 in Tennessee, 1935.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#61991 in 270
Oklahoma#103461 in 491
Arkansas#106461 in 408
Georgia#125581 in 522
West Virginia#149251 in 732
Alabama#153451 in 652
North Carolina#163451 in 810
Missouri#167291 in 932
Virginia#181231 in 998
Kentucky#189301 in 910
Texas#191641 in 893
South Carolina#198191 in 1,094
Indiana#235111 in 2,039
Mississippi#248151 in 1,423
Kansas#30851 in 2,636
Illinois#364111 in 4,496
Louisiana#38471 in 2,963
Pennsylvania#396111 in 6,465
Ohio#45161 in 7,495
California#48861 in 5,701
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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
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 1934

girls
#245
636 births · 1 in 1,642 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #245Reba636
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,642 of them was named Reba, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reba
  1. #242Nadine658
  2. #243Freda651
  3. #243Sadie651
  4. #245Reba636
  5. #246Mona635
  6. #247Fay633
  7. #248Lydia632
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →