Rhema — #2085 US girls' name
1,155 babies named Rhema in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Rhema was born in this single decade.
92 babies were named Rhema in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhema
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,155 babies named Rhema between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhema currently holds the #2085 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 92 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhema performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rhema shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhema in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhema 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 1,155 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.
Rhema at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Rhema popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2024)
- 92
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #2085 among girls.
1,155 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 92 births in a single year.
Rhema popularity over time — boys
20 total births recorded since 2021 (Rhema as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rhema accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 408 births that decade — 35% of Rhema's all-time total
Rhema decade highlights
- Peak decade 408 births
- Runner-up 353 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rhema's strongest decade
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Rhema by state
Where Rhema concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 82 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 63 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
82 of 1,155 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- California 5.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
- Florida 0.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rhema appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1981–2024 (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.