Rheta
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 151 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,200since 1893
Rheta over time
Rank among girls' names. Rheta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1935 | #884 | 61 |
| 1934 | #526 | 151 |
| 1933 | #732 | 81 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
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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 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#214 · 1 in 1,725
- Michigan#322 · 1 in 3,660
- Iowa#326 · 1 in 3,618
- Ohio#345 · 1 in 4,497
- Virginia#353 · 1 in 3,827
Best ever in a state: #214 in Indiana, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #214 | 13 | 1 in 1,725 |
| Michigan | #322 | 10 | 1 in 3,660 |
| Iowa | #326 | 5 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Ohio | #345 | 10 | 1 in 4,497 |
| Virginia | #353 | 6 | 1 in 3,827 |
| North Carolina | #357 | 10 | 1 in 3,645 |
| Illinois | #390 | 10 | 1 in 4,946 |
| Kentucky | #390 | 7 | 1 in 3,899 |
| Georgia | #474 | 5 | 1 in 6,059 |
| New York | #496 | 9 | 1 in 9,196 |
| Texas | #533 | 13 | 1 in 4,399 |
| Pennsylvania | #540 | 6 | 1 in 11,852 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1934 at #526 (151 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1933–1935
- 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%)
- 38.5% of all girls named Rheta (462) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,437 |
| 1900s | 5 | #2,061 (1907) | #2,061 |
| 1910s | 129 | #1,421 (1912) | #1,984 |
| 1920s | 179 | #1,626 (1920) | #2,172 |
| 1930s | 462 | #526 (1934) | #1,378 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,743 (1945) | #2,171 |
| 1950s | 165 | #2,074 (1952) | #2,818 |
| 1960s | 63 | #3,212 (1960) | #5,364 |
| 1970s | 5 | #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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 6,915 of them was named Rheta, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.