Rea Girl
How popular is Rea?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Rea in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Rea popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▲ 1402 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,610 in 2015, #5,663 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (29 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,069 in 1910 |
| First recorded | 1892 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rea family of names ranked #2,875 for girls in 2025 (#4,269 the year before), with 35 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rea | 24 | 69% |
| Reah | 11 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rea is most popular
Babies named Rea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
Rea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 21 | #1,098 |
| 1900s | 57 | #1,092 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,069 |
| 1920s | 183 | #1,765 |
| 1930s | 170 | #1,597 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,992 |
| 1950s | 208 | #2,072 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,832 |
| 1970s | 129 | #3,862 |
| 1980s | 106 | #4,343 |
| 1990s | 129 | #5,653 |
| 2000s | 155 | #5,082 |
| 2010s | 140 | #5,620 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,829 |
Girl names about as popular as Rea
Questions
- Is Rea a boy or girl name?
- Rea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rea were girls.
- How popular is the name Rea?
- 24 baby girls were named Rea in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Rea most popular?
- Rea peaked in 1958, when 29 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,069 in 1910.
- How many people are named Rea?
- 2,063 babies have been named Rea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,262 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Rea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rea was most common in Connecticut, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.