Rheta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rheta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,200 babies named Rheta between 1893 and 1974, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rheta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rheta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 462 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rheta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rheta in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rheta 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 1,200 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.