Reva

#1,981 for girls in 2025, 97 births · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1921 · 351 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,048
since 1883

Reva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Reva has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #351, 1921girls
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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#1,98197
2024#2,69464
2023#2,75762
2022#2,68964
2021#2,75162
2020#3,45044
2019#2,37675
2018#2,36177
2017#2,77961
2016#3,18251
2015#2,64667
2014#3,84839
2013#2,93657
2012#2,90159
2011#3,49645
2010#3,81640
2009#3,67743
2008#3,77942
2007#3,12555
2006#3,22451
2005#3,50942
2004#3,44443
2003#3,13147
2002#3,39440
2001#4,32128
2000#3,88632
1999#4,31326
1998#2,49855
1997#3,44833
1996#3,14937
1995#3,15236
1994#2,84842
1993#2,57348
1992#2,19161
1991#1,85776
1990#1,503103
1989#1,204134
1988#1,062149
1987#1,128132
1986#1,105134
1985#1,207115
1984#1,32392
1983#2,23643
1982#2,53237
1981#2,56336
1980#2,69934
1979#2,52536
1978#2,80129
1977#2,12444
1976#1,99644
1975#2,16939
1974#1,64656
1973#1,78848
1972#1,51662
1971#1,45671
1970#1,40774
1969#1,33872
1968#1,34768
1967#1,26972
1966#1,22577
1965#1,08693
1964#1,051106
1963#1,073101
1962#897139
1961#987120
1960#877140
1959#888137
1958#861140
1957#795161
1956#772161
1955#722172
1954#718166
1953#787136
1952#691166
1951#658175
1950#658168
1949#671154
1948#619178
1947#635173
1946#568197
1945#552176#3,3385
1944#605147
1943#537195
1942#544186
1941#501193
1940#490196
1939#487190
1938#449223
1937#456206
1936#418238
1935#427226
1934#386276
1933#415239
1932#391280
1931#406252
1930#417249
1929#406266
1928#401282
1927#391307
1926#384316
1925#384315
1924#370340
1923#381307
1922#377301
1921#351351
1920#366323#3,8156
1919#380291
1918#376304
1917#372289
1916#375277
1915#375260
1914#398175
1913#378164
1912#427121
1911#41495
1910#41291
1909#43572
1908#42273
1907#39879
1906#41567
1905#45056
1904#43854
1903#52737
1902#45448
1901#42849
1900#43758
1899#48037
1898#52036
1897#47736
1896#52832
1895#78816
1894#85013
1893#1,0239
1892#86112
1891#83911
1890#87210
1889#1,1476
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#9205
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Reva! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Reva is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedWAIdaho: #133 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 440 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedMNIllinois: #280 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedWIMichigan: #234 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsMINew York: #488 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,172 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedSDIowa: #258 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,900 girlsIAIndiana: #219 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,632 girlsINOhio: #269 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,853 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedCAUtah: #106 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 367 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNEMissouri: #247 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,761 girlsMOKentucky: #219 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,310 girlsKYWest Virginia: #192 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,057 girlsWVVirginia: #217 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsVAMaryland: #222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,998 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedNMKansas: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,908 girlsKSArkansas: #246 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,291 girlsARTennessee: #266 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #440 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,829 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #314 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedALGeorgia: #418 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,145 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedHITexas: #679 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,159 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Reva, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#106 · 1 in 367
  2. Idaho#133 · 1 in 440
  3. West Virginia#192 · 1 in 1,057
  4. Virginia#217 · 1 in 1,533
  5. Kentucky#219 · 1 in 1,310

Best ever in a state: #92 in Utah, 1922.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#106111 in 367
Idaho#13371 in 440
West Virginia#192141 in 1,057
Virginia#217151 in 1,533
Indiana#219141 in 1,632
Kentucky#219181 in 1,310
Maryland#22261 in 1,998
Michigan#234151 in 1,855
Arkansas#246121 in 1,291
Missouri#247151 in 1,761
Iowa#258101 in 1,900
Kansas#26571 in 1,908
Tennessee#266121 in 1,787
Ohio#269161 in 2,853
Illinois#280181 in 2,960
Oklahoma#31481 in 2,101
Georgia#41871 in 4,145
North Carolina#44061 in 4,829
New York#48891 in 10,172
Texas#67971 in 6,159
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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 Reva
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 713 spots since 2024 (#2,694#1,981)
  • 1,469 spots since 2020 (#3,450#1,981)
  • 665 spots since 2015 (#2,646#1,981)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1890 (#1,147#872)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1963 (#897#1,073)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1921 at #351 (351 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1894–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,513
  • Highest: 1 in 3,513 girls born in 1921 were named Reva (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,570 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all girls named Reva (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#920 (1883)#1,034
1890s212#477 (1897)#724
1900s593#398 (1907)#440
1910s2,067#372 (1917)#391
1920s3,108#351 (1921)#381
1930s2,379#386 (1934)#425
1940s1,795#490 (1940)#572
1950s1,582#658 (1951)#755
1960s988#877 (1960)#1,115
1970s503#1,407 (1970)#1,943
1980s906#1,062 (1988)#1,706
1990s517#1,503 (1990)#2,753
2000s423#3,125 (2007)#3,549
2010s571#2,361 (2018)#3,034
2020s393#1,981 (2025)#2,720

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.

Reva in 1915

girls
#375
260 births · 1 in 3,784 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #375Reva260
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 3,784 of them was named Reva, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reva
  1. #372Mavis264
  2. #373Elisabeth261
  3. #373Wilda261
  4. #375Reva260
  5. #375Corine260
  6. #375Ophelia260
  7. #378Bernadette256
  8. #378Birdie256
  9. #380Hallie254

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

See the top 100 for 1915