Reah — girls' name
363 babies named Reah in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Reah was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Reah in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reah
The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Reah between 1900 and 2020, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reah performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Reah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Idaho, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Reah at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1900
- Peak year (1921)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
363 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 16 births in a single year.
Reah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 81 births that decade — 22% of Reah's all-time total
Reah decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Reah's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Reah by state
Where Reah concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Idaho | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 363 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Idaho 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Idaho accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1900–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.