Rhea

#639 for girls in 2025, 452 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 98.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1893 · 56 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,737
since 1882

Rhea over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #360, 1893girls
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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#639452
2024#613487
2023#527577
2022#600500
2021#614485
2020#625464
2019#703411
2018#756360
2017#860318
2016#947289
2015#994271
2014#1,092233
2013#1,111219
2012#1,096225
2011#1,189202
2010#1,165208
2009#1,174214
2008#1,250201
2007#1,147223
2006#1,167208
2005#1,305170
2004#908266#11,3565
2003#1,126195
2002#1,008217
2001#1,170176
2000#1,168172
1999#1,304139
1998#1,520111
1997#1,327130
1996#1,78083
1995#1,439112
1994#1,58396
1993#1,258136
1992#1,274134
1991#1,453109
1990#1,307124
1989#1,250126
1988#1,376103
1987#1,195121
1986#1,219113
1985#1,109130
1984#1,059132
1983#1,005141
1982#1,221109
1981#1,025140
1980#1,087129
1979#1,184111
1978#1,014134
1977#1,079120
1976#1,145102#4,9356
1975#1,119104#5,4645
1974#1,28483
1973#1,23185
1972#1,32576
1971#1,22192
1970#1,29383
1969#1,16991
1968#978113
1967#1,10389
1966#1,022102#3,5376
1965#1,05599
1964#1,091100#3,6016
1963#970120
1962#1,006114#3,6406
1961#1,014114
1960#1,009113#3,3377
1959#904133
1958#829150
1957#865138#3,5526
1956#944114#2,9698
1955#849131#3,8865
1954#910112
1953#826126#3,1437
1952#836120#2,8758
1951#840113#2,8448
1950#827111#2,5809
1949#779123#3,0197
1948#686146#3,3166
1947#751130#3,0967
1946#716127#2,6908
1945#81087#2,7437
1944#77198#2,4679
1943#736110#2,5639
1942#678121#2,7128
1941#674109
1940#74186#2,6718
1939#674101
1938#75684#1,97613
1937#624118#2,9057
1936#611116#3,5495
1935#660100
1934#656104#3,2776
1933#637106
1932#606117
1931#602121#2,10113
1930#619125#2,60910
1929#582139#2,9808
1928#575151#2,27013
1927#643125#2,12115
1926#557162#2,30213
1925#565160#2,01216
1924#594155#2,22914
1923#633135#2,22414
1922#530177#2,34713
1921#529179#2,50212
1920#515184#2,05216
1919#510177#2,15214
1918#529174#3,3687
1917#490181#2,56210
1916#497169#2,7309
1915#469172#2,8298
1914#504123
1913#468115
1912#49792
1911#43089
1910#52860
1909#46864
1908#48855
1907#45163
1906#44758
1905#48549
1904#46949
1903#50440#1,0096
1902#41655
1901#38558
1900#47551
1899#37161
1898#42054
1897#39753
1896#37756#1,1015
1895#44041
1894#40448
1893#36056
1892#40144
1891#52424
1890#40639
1889#43031
1888#55820
1887#60814
1886#63313
1885#65811
1884#58313
1883#6928
1882#7407
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Rhea! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rhea
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#613#639)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#625#639)
  • 355 spots since 2015 (#994#639)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 2004 (#1,126#908)
  • Biggest drop: 397 spots in 2005 (#908#1,305)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1893 at #360 (56 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1882–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,781
  • Highest: 1 in 2,781 girls born in 2023 were named Rhea (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,556 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #360 in 1893, was only 1 in 3,802 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 15.0% of all girls named Rhea (2,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s117#430 (1889)#613
1890s476#360 (1893)#410
1900s542#385 (1901)#459
1910s1,352#430 (1911)#492
1920s1,567#515 (1920)#572
1930s1,092#602 (1931)#645
1940s1,137#674 (1941)#734
1950s1,248#826 (1953)#863
1960s1,055#970 (1963)#1,042
1970s990#1,014 (1978)#1,190
1980s1,244#1,005 (1983)#1,155
1990s1,174#1,258 (1993)#1,425
2000s2,042#908 (2004)#1,142
2010s2,736#703 (2019)#991
2020s2,965#527 (2023)#603

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.

Rhea in 1919

girls
#510
177 births · 1 in 6,385 girls
boys
#2,152
14 births · 1 in 70,009 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #510Rhea177

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #2,152Rhea14
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 6,385 of them was named Rhea, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhea
  1. #507Alfreda178
  2. #507Magdalene178
  3. #507Monica178
  4. #510Rhea177
  5. #510Margret177
  6. #510Rosalind177
  7. #513Florene176
  8. #514Elena175
  9. #514William175

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

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 70,009 of them was named Rhea, which outranked 55.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhea
  1. #2,063Wilma15
  2. #2,063York15
  3. #2,063Yoshito15
  4. #2,152Rhea14
  5. #2,152Achille14
  6. #2,152Addie14
  7. #2,152Arthor14
  8. #2,265Acy13
  9. #2,265Aldrich13
  10. #2,265Alfonza13

Tied with 112 names at #2,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919