Girls' name · since 1950
Rhesa
Rhesa has 134 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rhesa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 134 have been recorded since 1950.
Rhesa has 134 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2010.
- #23,984 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhesa ranks #23,984 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rhesa's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rhesa splits its recorded history at 1977: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rhesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2010
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Rhesa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Rhesa's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Rhesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Rhesa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Rhesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1950–2010 (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 Rhesa 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.