Girls' name · since 1914
Rhena
Rhena has 149 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
149 girls have been named Rhena since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rhena has 149 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2004.
- #22,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhena ranks #22,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rhena's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rhena splits its recorded history at 1961: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1934 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1914 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rhena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2004
- Peak year (1914)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Rhena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (33 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Rhena's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Rhena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 33 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rhena's data
- Rhena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1914–2004 (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 Rhena 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.