Reba

Where Reba comes from

The dictionaries list Reba as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Reba Cameron born
    Canadian-born American Army nurse
  3. 1928
    Peak, #231
    729 babies named Reba — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1950
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #421.
  5. 1955
    Reba McEntire born
    American country singer and actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Reba McEntire · American country singer and actress, born 1955
  • Reba Cameron · Canadian-born American Army nurse, 1885–1959
  • Reba Stewart · Australian taekwondo practitioner, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.