Girls' name · since 1982
Reya
2,939 babies named Reya in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,939
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Reya currently ranks #1003 among girls' names in America, with 2,939 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Reya recorded 2,939 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #1003 nationally today, ahead of 94% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #3,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,003 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,939 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reya ranks #3,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,003 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,939 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,939
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Reya's 2,939 recorded births place it above 94.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Reya compares
2,939 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Reya's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,939 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 305 | 21 | 19,840 |
Reya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reya splits its recorded history at 2007: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 305 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 305
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Reya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,476 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Reya's strongest decade.
1,476 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Reya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 62
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 314
2000s
314 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,060 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,476 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,476 births (50% of all-time use).
How Reya 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 Reya's total volume
Reya by state
Where Reya concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 480 | 16.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 190 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 167 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 148 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 103 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 96 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 77 | 2.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 66 | 2.2% |
480 of 2,939 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Reya appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Reyas (480 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Reya 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.