Rhena — girls' name
149 babies named Rhena in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Rhena was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rhena in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhena
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Rhena between 1914 and 2004, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rhena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhena 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 149 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.
Rhena at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
149 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 10 births in a single year.
Rhena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 33 births that decade — 22% of Rhena's all-time total
Rhena decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rhena's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2004 (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.