Girls' name · since 1880
Reba
35,431 babies named Reba in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,109 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,431
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
35,431 babies have been named Reba since 1880, making it today's #10109 girls' name.
Reba has 35,431 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10109 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #741 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,109 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35,431 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reba ranks #741 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,109 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35,431 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,109 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,431
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Reba's 35,431 recorded births place it above 98.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Tennessee.
How Reba compares
35,431 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Reba's all-time total is 94x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35,431 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 792 | 21 | 19,840 |
Reba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Reba's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 23% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 77%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1882, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 792, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Reba popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1925)
- 792
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Reba popularity over time - boys
60 total births recorded since 1913 (Reba as boys' name)
Reba by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7,312 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Reba's strongest decade.
7,312 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Reba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 224
1880s
224 births
- 1890s 841
1890s
841 births
- 1900s 1,493
1900s
1,493 births
- 1910s
1910s
5,082 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,312 births
- 1930s
1930s
6,188 births
- 1940s
1940s
4,847 births
- 1950s
1950s
4,138 births
- 1960s 2,175
1960s
2,175 births
- 1970s 737
1970s
737 births
- 1980s 658
1980s
658 births
- 1990s 1,138
1990s
1,138 births
- 2000s 293
2000s
293 births
- 2010s 187
2010s
187 births
- 2020s 118
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7,312 births (21% of all-time use).
How Reba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Reba's total volume
Reba by state
Where Reba concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 3,616 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,087 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 2,363 | 6.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 2,060 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 1,962 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 1,877 | 5.3% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 1,611 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 1,487 | 4.2% |
3,616 of 35,431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Reba appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Reba's data
- Reba's decade-level peak was the 1920s (7,312 total births); usage has since declined to 118 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Rebas (3,616 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.