Meaning not yet researched.
Rhea: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 452 in 2025. Its best rank was #363 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #363 in 1893; #639 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rhea in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#639 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #363.
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Rhea: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 452 girls in 2025. Peak: #363 in 1893 · most girls in one year: 577 (2023).
In 2025, 452 US girls were named Rhea, making it the 639th most common girls’ name of the year, down 25 places from #614 in 2024. That is 35 fewer than the 487 girls named Rhea in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #363, reached in 1893. The most girls given the name in a single year was 577, in 2023. For comparison, it was #996 in 2015 and #831 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rhea in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 7 babies. In all, 20,145 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 2.0% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,965 babies named Rhea.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,343 US girls were named Rhea; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 577. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,556 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rhea ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #318 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Rheya, Rhya and Rhia are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rheya (604), Rhya (348), Rhia (170), Rheia (94), Rhiya (83), Rhye (74), Rhyah (44), Rheo (11), Rhy (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rhea in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 12 | #318 | #576 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | #372 | #814 |
| Nevada | 7 | #422 | — |
| Ohio | 24 | #470 | #1,140 |
| Colorado | 12 | #489 | — |
| Washington | 14 | #509 | #750 |
| California | 64 | #525 | #962 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #532 | #491 |
| Michigan | 15 | #542 | #888 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #553 | #1,009 |
| Georgia | 17 | #641 | #1,291 |
| Virginia | 12 | #653 | #763 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #657 | #495 |
| Arizona | 10 | #670 | — |
| North Carolina | 15 | #680 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #684 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #716 | — |
| Illinois | 13 | #737 | #716 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #755 | — |
| Texas | 40 | #759 | #1,112 |
| New York | 21 | #785 | #844 |
| Florida | 21 | #793 | #933 |
| Alabama | 6 | #803 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #871 | #1,217 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #899 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #967 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 452 | #639 | — | — |
| 2024 | 487 | #614 | — | — |
| 2023 | 577 | #527 | — | — |
| 2022 | 500 | #601 | — | — |
| 2021 | 485 | #615 | — | — |
| 2020 | 464 | #625 | — | — |
| 2019 | 411 | #705 | — | — |
| 2018 | 360 | #757 | — | — |
| 2017 | 318 | #863 | — | — |
| 2016 | 289 | #948 | — | — |
| 2015 | 271 | #996 | — | — |
| 2014 | 233 | #1,099 | — | — |
| 2013 | 219 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 2011 | 202 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 2009 | 214 | #1,178 | — | — |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 2007 | 223 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 2006 | 208 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 2005 | 170 | #1,305 | — | — |
| 2004 | 266 | #911 | 5 | #12,821 |
| 2003 | 195 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 2002 | 217 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 2001 | 176 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 2000 | 172 | #1,169 | — | — |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,307 | — | — |
| 1998 | 111 | #1,524 | — | — |
| 1997 | 130 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,788 | — | — |
| 1995 | 112 | #1,448 | — | — |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,589 | — | — |
| 1993 | 136 | #1,261 | — | — |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 1991 | 109 | #1,461 | — | — |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,315 | — | — |
| 1989 | 126 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1988 | 103 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1987 | 121 | #1,197 | — | — |
| 1986 | 113 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1985 | 130 | #1,116 | — | — |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1981 | 140 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1980 | 129 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 1979 | 111 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1976 | 102 | #1,147 | 6 | #5,463 |
| 1975 | 104 | #1,124 | 5 | #6,135 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1973 | 85 | #1,236 | — | — |
| 1972 | 76 | #1,333 | — | — |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,301 | — | — |
| 1969 | 91 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 1968 | 113 | #982 | — | — |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,029 | 6 | #3,856 |
| 1965 | 99 | #1,059 | — | — |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,094 | 6 | #3,949 |
| 1963 | 120 | #972 | — | — |
| 1962 | 114 | #1,006 | 6 | #3,948 |
| 1961 | 114 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1960 | 113 | #1,013 | 7 | #3,592 |
| 1959 | 133 | #908 | — | — |
| 1958 | 150 | #831 | — | — |
| 1957 | 138 | #867 | 6 | #3,896 |
| 1956 | 114 | #946 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1955 | 131 | #849 | 5 | #4,286 |
| 1954 | 112 | #911 | — | — |
| 1953 | 126 | #827 | 7 | #3,370 |
| 1952 | 120 | #840 | 8 | #3,055 |
| 1951 | 113 | #845 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1950 | 111 | #831 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1949 | 123 | #780 | 7 | #3,244 |
| 1948 | 146 | #688 | 6 | #3,598 |
| 1947 | 130 | #754 | 7 | #3,306 |
| 1946 | 127 | #719 | 8 | #2,865 |
| 1945 | 87 | #815 | 7 | #2,946 |
| 1944 | 98 | #773 | 9 | #2,603 |
| 1943 | 110 | #741 | 9 | #2,701 |
| 1942 | 121 | #678 | 8 | #2,902 |
| 1941 | 109 | #675 | — | — |
| 1940 | 86 | #749 | 8 | #2,827 |
| 1939 | 101 | #677 | — | — |
| 1938 | 84 | #761 | 13 | #2,072 |
| 1937 | 118 | #626 | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1936 | 116 | #614 | 5 | #3,963 |
| 1935 | 100 | #662 | — | — |
| 1934 | 104 | #659 | 6 | #3,597 |
| 1933 | 106 | #638 | — | — |
| 1932 | 117 | #611 | — | — |
| 1931 | 121 | #604 | 13 | #2,190 |
| 1930 | 125 | #620 | 10 | #2,751 |
| 1929 | 139 | #585 | 8 | #3,192 |
| 1928 | 151 | #576 | 13 | #2,366 |
| 1927 | 125 | #647 | 15 | #2,178 |
| 1926 | 162 | #559 | 13 | #2,405 |
| 1925 | 160 | #566 | 16 | #2,067 |
| 1924 | 155 | #595 | 14 | #2,325 |
| 1923 | 135 | #633 | 14 | #2,309 |
| 1922 | 177 | #532 | 13 | #2,459 |
| 1921 | 179 | #534 | 12 | #2,604 |
| 1920 | 184 | #518 | 16 | #2,114 |
| 1919 | 177 | #511 | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1918 | 174 | #532 | 7 | #3,639 |
| 1917 | 181 | #491 | 10 | #2,696 |
| 1916 | 169 | #498 | 9 | #2,891 |
| 1915 | 172 | #470 | 8 | #3,015 |
| 1914 | 123 | #504 | — | — |
| 1913 | 115 | #469 | — | — |
| 1912 | 92 | #500 | — | — |
| 1911 | 89 | #432 | — | — |
| 1910 | 60 | #531 | — | — |
| 1909 | 64 | #472 | — | — |
| 1908 | 55 | #492 | — | — |
| 1907 | 63 | #454 | — | — |
| 1906 | 58 | #451 | — | — |
| 1905 | 49 | #487 | — | — |
| 1904 | 49 | #472 | — | — |
| 1903 | 40 | #513 | 6 | #1,106 |
| 1902 | 55 | #419 | — | — |
| 1901 | 58 | #387 | — | — |
| 1900 | 51 | #476 | — | — |
| 1899 | 61 | #372 | — | — |
| 1898 | 54 | #421 | — | — |
| 1897 | 53 | #404 | — | — |
| 1896 | 56 | #382 | 5 | #1,233 |
| 1895 | 41 | #450 | — | — |
| 1894 | 48 | #406 | — | — |
| 1893 | 56 | #363 | — | — |
| 1892 | 44 | #404 | — | — |
| 1891 | 24 | #538 | — | — |
| 1890 | 39 | #409 | — | — |
| 1889 | 31 | #437 | — | — |
| 1888 | 20 | #568 | — | — |
| 1887 | 14 | #626 | — | — |
| 1886 | 13 | #653 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #691 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #609 | — | — |
| 1883 | 8 | #747 | — | — |
| 1882 | 7 | #798 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).