Reva

#1,981 for girls in 2025, 97 births · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1921 · 351 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,048
since 1883

Reva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Reva has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #351, 1921girls
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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#1,98197—
2024#2,69464—
2023#2,75762—
2022#2,68964—
2021#2,75162—
2020#3,45044—
2019#2,37675—
2018#2,36177—
2017#2,77961—
2016#3,18251—
2015#2,64667—
2014#3,84839—
2013#2,93657—
2012#2,90159—
2011#3,49645—
2010#3,81640—
2009#3,67743—
2008#3,77942—
2007#3,12555—
2006#3,22451—
2005#3,50942—
2004#3,44443—
2003#3,13147—
2002#3,39440—
2001#4,32128—
2000#3,88632—
1999#4,31326—
1998#2,49855—
1997#3,44833—
1996#3,14937—
1995#3,15236—
1994#2,84842—
1993#2,57348—
1992#2,19161—
1991#1,85776—
1990#1,503103—
1989#1,204134—
1988#1,062149—
1987#1,128132—
1986#1,105134—
1985#1,207115—
1984#1,32392—
1983#2,23643—
1982#2,53237—
1981#2,56336—
1980#2,69934—
1979#2,52536—
1978#2,80129—
1977#2,12444—
1976#1,99644—
1975#2,16939—
1974#1,64656—
1973#1,78848—
1972#1,51662—
1971#1,45671—
1970#1,40774—
1969#1,33872—
1968#1,34768—
1967#1,26972—
1966#1,22577—
1965#1,08693—
1964#1,051106—
1963#1,073101—
1962#897139—
1961#987120—
1960#877140—
1959#888137—
1958#861140—
1957#795161—
1956#772161—
1955#722172—
1954#718166—
1953#787136—
1952#691166—
1951#658175—
1950#658168—
1949#671154—
1948#619178—
1947#635173—
1946#568197—
1945#552176#3,3385
1944#605147—
1943#537195—
1942#544186—
1941#501193—
1940#490196—
1939#487190—
1938#449223—
1937#456206—
1936#418238—
1935#427226—
1934#386276—
1933#415239—
1932#391280—
1931#406252—
1930#417249—
1929#406266—
1928#401282—
1927#391307—
1926#384316—
1925#384315—
1924#370340—
1923#381307—
1922#377301—
1921#351351—
1920#366323#3,8156
1919#380291—
1918#376304—
1917#372289—
1916#375277—
1915#375260—
1914#398175—
1913#378164—
1912#427121—
1911#41495—
1910#41291—
1909#43572—
1908#42273—
1907#39879—
1906#41567—
1905#45056—
1904#43854—
1903#52737—
1902#45448—
1901#42849—
1900#43758—
1899#48037—
1898#52036—
1897#47736—
1896#52832—
1895#78816—
1894#85013—
1893#1,0239—
1892#86112—
1891#83911—
1890#87210—
1889#1,1476—
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Reva! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Reva is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Reva
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 713 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #1,981)
  • 1,469 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #1,981)
  • 665 spots since 2015 (#2,646 → #1,981)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1890 (#1,147 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1963 (#897 → #1,073)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1921 at #351 (351 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1894–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,513
  • Highest: 1 in 3,513 girls born in 1921 were named Reva (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,570 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all girls named Reva (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#920 (1883)#1,034
1890s212#477 (1897)#724
1900s593#398 (1907)#440
1910s2,067#372 (1917)#391
1920s3,108#351 (1921)#381
1930s2,379#386 (1934)#425
1940s1,795#490 (1940)#572
1950s1,582#658 (1951)#755
1960s988#877 (1960)#1,115
1970s503#1,407 (1970)#1,943
1980s906#1,062 (1988)#1,706
1990s517#1,503 (1990)#2,753
2000s423#3,125 (2007)#3,549
2010s571#2,361 (2018)#3,034
2020s393#1,981 (2025)#2,720

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.

Reva in 1898

girls
#520
36 births · 1 in 7,188 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #520Reva36
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 7,188 of them was named Reva, which outranked 73.7% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reva
  1. #510Nan37
  2. #510Vallie37
  3. #510Viva37
  4. #520Reva36
  5. #520Alda36
  6. #520Cordie36
  7. #520Harriette36
  8. #527Adah35
  9. #527Belva35
  10. #527Berniece35

Tied with 6 names at #520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →