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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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.

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 1920

girls
#366
323 births · 1 in 3,710 girls
boys
#3,815
6 births · 1 in 177,393 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #366Reva323

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #3,815Reva6
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,710 of them was named Reva, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,767 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. #363Iola327
  2. #364Dixie326
  3. #365Lessie325
  4. #366Reva323
  5. #366Guadalupe323
  6. #368Yolanda321
  7. #369Mercedes318
  8. #370Kay313

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

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 177,393 of them was named Reva, which outranked 23.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reva
  1. #3,489Winsor7
  2. #3,489Wood7
  3. #3,489Zenith7
  4. #3,815Reva6
  5. #3,815Abron6
  6. #3,815Ada6
  7. #3,815Adel6
  8. #4,286Aarne5
  9. #4,286Abb5
  10. #4,286Abran5

Tied with 470 names at #3,815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920