Girls' name · since 1915
Rheda
Rheda has 236 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rheda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 236 have been recorded since 1915.
Rheda has 236 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1915 to 1963.
- #18,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 236 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rheda ranks #18,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 236 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rheda's 236 recorded births place it above 74.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Rheda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rheda splits its recorded history at 1937: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rheda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1963
- Peak year (1927)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Rheda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (58 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Rheda's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Rheda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
49 births
- 1940s
1940s
52 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 58 births (25% of all-time use).
Rheda by state
Where Rheda concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 7.2% |
17 of 236 births nationwide.
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- Rheda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Rhedas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Rheda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1915–1963 (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 Rheda 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.