Rheya — #3789 US girls' name
564 babies named Rheya in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Rheya was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Rheya in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rheya
The Social Security Administration has registered 564 babies named Rheya between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rheya currently holds the #3789 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 53 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rheya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rheya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rheya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rheya 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 564 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.
Rheya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Rheya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2023)
- 53
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #3789 among girls.
564 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 53 births in a single year.
Rheya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 229 births that decade — 41% of Rheya's all-time total
Rheya decade highlights
- Peak decade 229 births
- Runner-up 228 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rheya's strongest decade
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Rheya by state
Where Rheya concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 51 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 1.1% |
51 of 564 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.