Rhea — #616 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rhea

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,281 babies named Rhea between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhea currently holds the #616 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 577 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,736 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rhea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,849 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhea in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rhea 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 19,281 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.