Rekha — girls' name
212 babies named Rekha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Rekha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Rekha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rekha
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Rekha between 1970 and 2013, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rekha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rekha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rekha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rekha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rekha 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 212 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.
Rekha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rekha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1970
- Peak year (1979)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
212 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 17 births in a single year.
Rekha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 40% of Rekha's all-time total
Rekha decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rekha's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Rekha by state
Where Rekha concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 212 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% 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, 1970–2013 (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.