Reba

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 729 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,431
since 1880

Reba over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Reba has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #231, 1928girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#5,96220
2023#5,39023
2022#5,02826
2021#5,95520
2020#5,85020
2019#5,04126
2018#5,61922
2017#6,28719
2016#5,62223
2015#8,00814
2014#6,45119
2013#9,61211
2012#8,20814
2011#6,14821
2010#6,90418
2009#5,53725
2008#6,35021
2007#5,70924
2006#4,68530
2005#4,70428
2004#4,28732
2003#4,30730
2002#3,81034
2001#3,86433
2000#3,59136
1999#2,85447
1998#2,49855
1997#2,13865
1996#1,498108
1995#1,330124
1994#1,184149
1993#1,131157
1992#1,072169
1991#1,137156
1990#1,445108
1989#1,49197
1988#1,320109
1987#1,336102
1986#1,49483
1985#2,10050
1984#2,11147
1983#2,15645
1982#2,32742
1981#2,19546
1980#2,53737
1979#2,05049
1978#1,80456
1977#1,73659
1976#1,55165
1975#1,85449
1974#1,49965
1973#1,23984
1972#1,26381
1971#1,103108
1970#1,020121
1969#1,024113
1968#958116
1967#767164
1966#760166
1965#699199
1964#701218
1963#651241
1962#613267
1961#568309
1960#495382
1959#519349
1958#502365
1957#471403
1956#430452
1955#420444
1954#406453
1953#407440
1952#403429
1951#389441
1950#421362
1949#377432
1948#378440
1947#364488
1946#346475
1945#325442
1944#324440
1943#302529
1942#299526
1941#281525
1940#264550
1939#266538#3,4805
1938#264574
1937#256601
1936#251609
1935#253614
1934#245636
1933#242627
1932#240657#3,3616
1931#233652
1930#235680#3,5926
1929#247642#3,5596
1928#231729
1927#241726
1926#235747#3,1398
1925#232792
1924#236773#3,5057
1923#242728#4,2395
1922#241728
1921#241748#4,3225
1920#248699
1919#239706
1918#244689
1917#249618
1916#240665#3,1777
1915#234662
1914#238502
1913#240410#2,8215
1912#245335
1911#243259
1910#251236
1909#246208
1908#260183
1907#267167
1906#270150
1905#256162
1904#278128
1903#278126
1902#274129
1901#261124
1900#304116
1899#31093
1898#258133
1897#32082
1896#273109
1895#31287
1894#278100
1893#33465
1892#32071
1891#33258
1890#38243
1889#38839
1888#43133
1887#40329
1886#40628
1885#44622
1884#46319
1883#49915
1882#6349
1881#40517
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Reba was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Reba is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMNIllinois: #460 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,134 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMINew York: #636 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,259 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedIAIndiana: #299 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,258 girlsINOhio: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,296 girlsOHPennsylvania: #379 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,311 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #513 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,360 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNEMissouri: #226 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsMOKentucky: #185 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 941 girlsKYWest Virginia: #195 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsWVVirginia: #173 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 917 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedKSArkansas: #108 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 456 girlsARTennessee: #63 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 289 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #157 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 754 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #231 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,464 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #123 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 598 girlsOKLouisiana: #295 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,709 girlsLAMississippi: #219 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsMSAlabama: #171 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 772 girlsALGeorgia: #162 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 734 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Reba, so not publishedHITexas: #232 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,110 girlsTXFlorida: #252 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,357 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#63 · 1 in 289
  2. Arkansas#108 · 1 in 456
  3. Oklahoma#123 · 1 in 598
  4. North Carolina#157 · 1 in 754
  5. Georgia#162 · 1 in 734

Best ever in a state: #49 in Tennessee, 1935.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#63941 in 289
Arkansas#108411 in 456
Oklahoma#123341 in 598
North Carolina#157491 in 754
Georgia#162421 in 734
Alabama#171381 in 772
Virginia#173261 in 917
Kentucky#185301 in 941
West Virginia#195171 in 1,120
Mississippi#219201 in 1,128
Missouri#226171 in 1,578
South Carolina#231141 in 1,464
Texas#232521 in 1,110
Florida#252101 in 1,357
Louisiana#295131 in 1,709
Indiana#29981 in 3,258
Pennsylvania#379141 in 5,311
Illinois#46091 in 6,134
Ohio#46271 in 7,296
California#51371 in 6,360
New York#63661 in 14,259
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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 Reba
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,145 spots since 2024 (#5,962#10,107)
  • 4,257 spots since 2020 (#5,850#10,107)
  • 2,099 spots since 2015 (#8,008#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1883 (#634#499)
  • Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1882 (#405#634)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1928 at #231 (729 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,486
  • Highest: 1 in 1,486 girls born in 1915 were named Reba (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #231 in 1928, was only 1 in 1,582 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all girls named Reba (7,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s224#388 (1889)#454
1890s841#258 (1898)#312
1900s1,493#246 (1909)#269
1910s5,082#234 (1915)#242
1920s7,312#231 (1928)#239
1930s6,188#233 (1931)#249
1940s4,847#264 (1940)#326
1950s4,138#389 (1951)#437
1960s2,175#495 (1960)#724
1970s737#1,020 (1970)#1,512
1980s658#1,320 (1988)#1,907
1990s1,138#1,072 (1992)#1,629
2000s293#3,591 (2000)#4,684
2010s187#5,041 (2019)#6,790
2020s118#5,028 (2022)#6,382

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.

Reba in 1938

girls
#264
574 births · 1 in 1,922 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #264Reba574
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,922 of them was named Reba, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reba
  1. #261Sallie582
  2. #262Maggie580
  3. #263Opal579
  4. #264Reba574
  5. #265Amelia570
  6. #266Nelda567
  7. #267Valerie551
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938