Girls' name · since 2000
Rheya
Rheya has 604 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 604
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rheya is the #3756 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 604 recorded since 2000.
Rheya has 604 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3756 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #10,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,756 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 604 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rheya ranks #10,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,756 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 604 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 604
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rheya's 604 recorded births place it above 85.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rheya compares
604 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rheya's all-time total is 61% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rheya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 604 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rheya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rheya's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rheya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Rheya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (268 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Rheya's strongest decade.
268 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Rheya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 107
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
229 births
- 2020s
2020s
268 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 268 births (44% of all-time use).
How Rheya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rheya's total volume
Rheya by state
Where Rheya concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 57 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
57 of 604 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rheya's data
- California records the most Rheyas (57 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rheya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Rheya 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.