Rhea
#639 for girls in 2025, 452 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 98.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,737since 1882
Rhea over time
Rank among girls' names. Rhea has never cracked the top 300 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 | #639 | 452 | — | |
| 2024 | #613 | 487 | — | |
| 2023 | #527 | 577 | — | |
| 2022 | #600 | 500 | — | |
| 2021 | #614 | 485 | — | |
| 2020 | #625 | 464 | — | |
| 2019 | #703 | 411 | — | |
| 2018 | #756 | 360 | — | |
| 2017 | #860 | 318 | — | |
| 2016 | #947 | 289 | — | |
| 2015 | #994 | 271 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,092 | 233 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,111 | 219 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,096 | 225 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,189 | 202 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,165 | 208 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,174 | 214 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,250 | 201 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,147 | 223 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,167 | 208 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,305 | 170 | — | |
| 2004 | #908 | 266 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,126 | 195 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,008 | 217 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,170 | 176 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,168 | 172 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,304 | 139 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,520 | 111 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,327 | 130 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,780 | 83 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,439 | 112 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,583 | 96 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,258 | 136 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 134 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,453 | 109 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,307 | 124 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,250 | 126 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,376 | 103 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 121 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,219 | 113 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,109 | 130 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,059 | 132 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,005 | 141 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,025 | 140 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,087 | 129 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,184 | 111 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 120 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,145 | 102 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #1,119 | 104 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 85 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,221 | 92 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,293 | 83 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 | — | |
| 1968 | #978 | 113 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,055 | 99 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,091 | 100 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #970 | 120 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,006 | 114 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #1,014 | 114 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,009 | 113 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #904 | 133 | — | |
| 1958 | #829 | 150 | — | |
| 1957 | #865 | 138 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #944 | 114 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #849 | 131 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #910 | 112 | — | |
| 1953 | #826 | 126 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #836 | 120 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #840 | 113 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #827 | 111 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #779 | 123 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #686 | 146 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #751 | 130 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #716 | 127 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #810 | 87 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #771 | 98 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #736 | 110 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #678 | 121 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #674 | 109 | — | |
| 1940 | #741 | 86 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #674 | 101 | — | |
| 1938 | #756 | 84 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #624 | 118 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #660 | 100 | — | |
| 1934 | #656 | 104 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #637 | 106 | — | |
| 1932 | #606 | 117 | — | |
| 1931 | #602 | 121 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #619 | 125 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #582 | 139 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #575 | 151 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #643 | 125 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #557 | 162 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #565 | 160 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #594 | 155 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #633 | 135 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #530 | 177 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #529 | 179 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #515 | 184 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #510 | 177 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #529 | 174 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #490 | 181 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #497 | 169 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #469 | 172 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #504 | 123 | — | |
| 1913 | #468 | 115 | — | |
| 1912 | #497 | 92 | — | |
| 1911 | #430 | 89 | — | |
| 1910 | #528 | 60 | — | |
| 1909 | #468 | 64 | — | |
| 1908 | #488 | 55 | — | |
| 1907 | #451 | 63 | — | |
| 1906 | #447 | 58 | — | |
| 1905 | #485 | 49 | — | |
| 1904 | #469 | 49 | — | |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #416 | 55 | — | |
| 1901 | #385 | 58 | — | |
| 1900 | #475 | 51 | — | |
| 1899 | #371 | 61 | — | |
| 1898 | #420 | 54 | — | |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 | — | |
| 1896 | #377 | 56 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | — | |
| 1894 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1893 | #360 | 56 | — | |
| 1892 | #401 | 44 | — | |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #406 | 39 | — | |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 | — | |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rhea! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Rhea is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#144 · 1 in 626
- Ohio#335 · 1 in 4,054
- Indiana#347 · 1 in 3,837
- Pennsylvania#395 · 1 in 5,769
- New York#481 · 1 in 8,156
Best ever in a state: #75 in Wyoming, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #144 | 8 | 1 in 626 |
| Ohio | #335 | 13 | 1 in 4,054 |
| Indiana | #347 | 7 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Pennsylvania | #395 | 13 | 1 in 5,769 |
| New York | #481 | 11 | 1 in 8,156 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Rhea
- 26 spots since 2024 (#613 → #639)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#625 → #639)
- 355 spots since 2015 (#994 → #639)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 2004 (#1,126 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 2005 (#908 → #1,305)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1893 at #360 (56 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1882–1959
- Highest: 1 in 2,781 girls born in 2023 were named Rhea (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,556 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #360 in 1893, was only 1 in 3,802 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.0% of all girls named Rhea (2,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 117 | #430 (1889) | #613 |
| 1890s | 476 | #360 (1893) | #410 |
| 1900s | 542 | #385 (1901) | #459 |
| 1910s | 1,352 | #430 (1911) | #492 |
| 1920s | 1,567 | #515 (1920) | #572 |
| 1930s | 1,092 | #602 (1931) | #645 |
| 1940s | 1,137 | #674 (1941) | #734 |
| 1950s | 1,248 | #826 (1953) | #863 |
| 1960s | 1,055 | #970 (1963) | #1,042 |
| 1970s | 990 | #1,014 (1978) | #1,190 |
| 1980s | 1,244 | #1,005 (1983) | #1,155 |
| 1990s | 1,174 | #1,258 (1993) | #1,425 |
| 2000s | 2,042 | #908 (2004) | #1,142 |
| 2010s | 2,736 | #703 (2019) | #991 |
| 2020s | 2,965 | #527 (2023) | #603 |
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.
Rhea in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 13,297 of them was named Rhea, which outranked 85.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 144,897 of them was named Rhea, which outranked 32.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,478Winnie9
- #2,478Woodford9
- #2,478Ygnacio9
- #2,671Rhea8
- #2,671Alger8
- #2,671Ali8
- #2,671Alven8
- #2,871Acey7
- #2,871Adalberto7
- #2,871Adelard7
Tied with 199 names at #2,671; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.