Reba
Reba was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,729 among girls’ names; 35,491 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,300 Americans named Reba and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 57 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reba by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Reba mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Reba is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Reba?
#10,729 among girls’ names, 2025
Reba fell from #8,342 in 2015 to #10,729 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 5.6 per million.
792 babies in 1925, the peak
Reba peaked in 1925, when 792 girls were given it, #232 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,729 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,108 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,511 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,137 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,120 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 20 | #6,030 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,136 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,741 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,481 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,761 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,342 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,650 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,100 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,533 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,293 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,150 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,671 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,512 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,859 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,775 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,802 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,359 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,390 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,862 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,917 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,639 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,888 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,521 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,149 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,499 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,333 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,187 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 157 | #1,133 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 169 | #1,072 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,139 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,448 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 97 | #1,490 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,325 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,345 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,503 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,124 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,135 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,184 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,357 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,219 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,580 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,075 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,818 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,752 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,562 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,867 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,514 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,250 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,274 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 108 | #1,110 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 121 | #1,023 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,030 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 116 | #964 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 164 | #769 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 166 | #761 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 199 | #699 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 218 | #702 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 241 | #653 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 267 | #614 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 309 | #568 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 382 | #495 | 0.19 |
| 1959 | 349 | #520 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 365 | #502 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 403 | #472 | 0.20 |
| 1956 | 452 | #430 | 0.23 |
| 1955 | 444 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1954 | 453 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1953 | 440 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 429 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 441 | #388 | 0.24 |
| 1950 | 362 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 432 | #376 | 0.25 |
| 1948 | 440 | #378 | 0.26 |
| 1947 | 488 | #364 | 0.28 |
| 1946 | 475 | #347 | 0.30 |
| 1945 | 442 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1944 | 440 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1943 | 529 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1942 | 526 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1941 | 525 | #281 | 0.43 |
| 1940 | 550 | #264 | 0.48 |
| 1939 | 538 | #267 | 0.49 |
| 1938 | 574 | #264 | 0.52 |
| 1937 | 601 | #256 | 0.56 |
| 1936 | 609 | #251 | 0.59 |
| 1935 | 614 | #254 | 0.59 |
| 1934 | 636 | #245 | 0.61 |
| 1933 | 627 | #242 | 0.62 |
| 1932 | 657 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1931 | 652 | #233 | 0.61 |
| 1930 | 680 | #235 | 0.60 |
| 1929 | 642 | #247 | 0.57 |
| 1928 | 729 | #231 | 0.63 |
| 1927 | 726 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1926 | 747 | #235 | 0.63 |
| 1925 | 792 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1924 | 773 | #236 | 0.62 |
| 1923 | 728 | #242 | 0.60 |
| 1922 | 728 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1921 | 748 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1920 | 699 | #248 | 0.58 |
| 1919 | 706 | #239 | 0.62 |
| 1918 | 689 | #245 | 0.60 |
| 1917 | 618 | #250 | 0.57 |
| 1916 | 665 | #241 | 0.64 |
| 1915 | 662 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1914 | 502 | #238 | 0.66 |
| 1913 | 410 | #240 | 0.66 |
| 1912 | 335 | #245 | 0.60 |
| 1911 | 259 | #243 | 0.62 |
| 1910 | 236 | #251 | 0.60 |
| 1909 | 208 | #246 | 0.60 |
| 1908 | 183 | #261 | 0.55 |
| 1907 | 167 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1906 | 150 | #273 | 0.51 |
| 1905 | 162 | #256 | 0.56 |
| 1904 | 128 | #279 | 0.46 |
| 1903 | 126 | #280 | 0.48 |
| 1902 | 129 | #277 | 0.49 |
| 1901 | 124 | #262 | 0.52 |
| 1900 | 116 | #305 | 0.39 |
| 1899 | 93 | #310 | 0.40 |
| 1898 | 133 | #262 | 0.51 |
| 1897 | 82 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 109 | #274 | 0.46 |
| 1895 | 87 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1894 | 100 | #278 | 0.45 |
| 1893 | 65 | #335 | 0.31 |
| 1892 | 71 | #322 | 0.33 |
| 1891 | 58 | #335 | 0.31 |
| 1890 | 43 | #383 | 0.23 |
| 1889 | 39 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1888 | 33 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 29 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 28 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 22 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 19 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 15 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 9 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 17 | #415 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 13 | #488 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Reba a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Reba has been given almost only to girls: 60 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Reba: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reba, and how old are they?
12,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 35,491 Americans ever recorded as Reba. The median Reba alive today is 70 years old; half are between 57 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 13,767 people named Reba (13,741 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,170 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,640 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,410 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,550 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 507 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 250 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Reba born?
The states with the most babies named Reba are Tennessee, Texas and Georgia, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 3,616 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Texas | 3,087 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 2,363 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 2,060 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 1,962 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Arkansas | 1,877 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Oklahoma | 1,611 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Kentucky | 1,487 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,217 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 1,213 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Reba is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Reba is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Reba with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 36,914 babies since 1880, Reba is the most given (96% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reba
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Reba and names like it
- Compare Reba and RhebaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sReba peaked in 1925.
- Tennessee’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Reba since 1910.
- The top names of 1925The year the most babies were named Reba.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Reba alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.