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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Reba has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
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 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#393 · 1 in 1,854
- Kentucky#401 · 1 in 2,998
- Virginia#460 · 1 in 3,318
- Alabama#597 · 1 in 4,276
- Texas#612 · 1 in 4,299
Best ever in a state: #49 in Tennessee, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #393 | 5 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Kentucky | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,998 |
| Virginia | #460 | 11 | 1 in 3,318 |
| Alabama | #597 | 5 | 1 in 4,276 |
| Texas | #612 | 32 | 1 in 4,299 |
| North Carolina | #686 | 7 | 1 in 5,691 |
| Tennessee | #704 | 5 | 1 in 5,949 |
| Arizona | #802 | 5 | 1 in 5,238 |
| Ohio | #837 | 8 | 1 in 8,493 |
| Georgia | #844 | 6 | 1 in 6,882 |
| Florida | #1,019 | 8 | 1 in 9,385 |
| Michigan | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 11,413 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,192 | 5 | 1 in 13,692 |
| California | #2,366 | 8 | 1 in 32,101 |
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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.
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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
| 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 1992
girls
#1,072
169 births · 1 in 10,911 girls
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 10,911 of them was named Reba, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).