Girls' name · since 2011
Rheia
Rheia has 94 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
94 babies have been named Rheia since 2011, making it today's #14386 girls' name.
Rheia has 94 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14386 as of the latest data, more common than 17% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #27,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rheia ranks #27,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 94 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rheia's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rheia compares
94 24th percentile among 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
Rheia's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rheia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rheia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rheia's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rheia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Rheia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Rheia's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Rheia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rheia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Rheia 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.