Reaver — girls' name
38 babies named Reaver in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Reaver was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Reaver in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reaver
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Reaver between 1918 and 1933, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reaver currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reaver performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Reaver shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reaver in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reaver 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 38 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.
Reaver at a glance
Last recorded 1933Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reaver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1918
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1933.
38 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 8 births in a single year.
Reaver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 16 births that decade — 42% of Reaver's all-time total
Reaver decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Reaver's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Reaver by state
Where Reaver concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 13.2% 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, 1918–1933 (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.