Rheta

Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775

Peak · girls
1934 · 151 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,200
since 1893

Rheta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rheta has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #526, 1934girls
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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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1974#8,7755
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1968#6,2466
1967#6,8045
1966#5,2737
1965#5,8176
1964#4,09611
1963
1962#6,5785
1961#4,8828
1960#3,21215
1959#3,61912
1958#2,75518
1957#3,15014
1956#3,18614
1955#2,83916
1954#2,59218
1953#2,43119
1952#2,07424
1951#3,28411
1950#2,25319
1949#1,84527
1948#2,12621
1947#2,08922
1946#2,09420
1945#1,74323
1944#1,91620
1943#2,15117
1942#2,98610
1941#2,01817
1940#2,73710
1939#1,47426
1938#1,34330
1937#1,38928
1936#1,16537
1935#88461
1934#526151
1933#73281
1932#1,75420
1931#2,30713
1930#2,20215
1929#2,92110
1928#2,19416
1927#2,33915
1926#2,56913
1925#2,11918
1924#1,67926
1923#2,26416
1922#1,95720
1921#2,04819
1920#1,62626
1919#1,85520
1918#1,75422
1917#1,92318
1916#2,65811
1915#2,05015
1914#2,12511
1913#1,88311
1912#1,42115
1911#2,1916
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1907#2,0615
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1893#1,4375
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Rheta! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rheta is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNMKansas: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,568 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #323 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedMSAlabama: #366 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,427 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedHITexas: #790 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,084 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rheta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#306 · 1 in 2,568
  2. Oklahoma#323 · 1 in 2,187
  3. Alabama#366 · 1 in 3,427
  4. Texas#790 · 1 in 9,084

Best ever in a state: #214 in Indiana, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#30651 in 2,568
Oklahoma#323101 in 2,187
Alabama#36681 in 3,427
Texas#79061 in 9,084
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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 Rheta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
  • Biggest jump: 1,022 spots in 1933 (#1,754#732)
  • Biggest drop: 358 spots in 1935 (#526#884)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1934 at #526 (151 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1933–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,915
  • Highest: 1 in 6,915 girls born in 1934 were named Rheta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,507 girls born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 38.5% of all girls named Rheta (462) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,437 (1893)#1,437
1900s5#2,061 (1907)#2,061
1910s129#1,421 (1912)#1,984
1920s179#1,626 (1920)#2,172
1930s462#526 (1934)#1,378
1940s187#1,743 (1945)#2,171
1950s165#2,074 (1952)#2,818
1960s63#3,212 (1960)#5,364
1970s5#8,775 (1974)#8,775

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.

Rheta in 1933

girls
#732
81 births · 1 in 12,444 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #732Rheta81
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 12,444 of them was named Rheta, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rheta
  1. #721Lura82
  2. #721Orpha82
  3. #721Roselyn82
  4. #732Rheta81
  5. #732Cassie81
  6. #732Elvera81
  7. #732Hortense81
  8. #736Albertha80
  9. #736Carolee80
  10. #736Emilia80

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933