Rheta

Where Rheta comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rheta.

  • Vowel-ended
Rheta through the years
  1. 1866
    Rheta Childe Dorr born
    American war correspondent, investigative journalist, political writer
  2. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,437 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1934
    Peak, #526
    151 babies named Rheta, the most in any year.
  4. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #884.
  5. 1936
    Rheta DeVries born
    American academic
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Rheta Childe Dorr · American war correspondent, investigative journalist, political writer, 1866–1948
  • Rheta DeVries · American academic, 1936–2012
  • Rheta Grimsley Johnson · American journalist, born 1953

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