Reba — #5947 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Reba

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,421 babies named Reba between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reba currently holds the #5947 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 792 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reba performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Reba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 3,616 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Reba in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reba 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 35,421 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.