Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rea*

#4,390 most common girls' name of all time · #7,471 across all names · 9% male / 91% female · used 1892–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,390
Rank overall
#7,471 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
2,063
Since 2016
214
Peak year
1958 #2,084
Best rank
#1,104 1910
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rea first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 24 — 24 #5,248
2024 17 — 17 #6,666
2023 26 — 26 #5,008
2022 23 — 23 #5,484
2021 27 — 27 #4,845
2020 21 — 21 #5,683
2019 20 — 20 #5,997
2018 15 — 15 #7,430
2017 18 — 18 #6,551
2016 23 — 23 #5,632
2015 15 — 15 #7,640
2014 13 — 13 #8,518
2013 8 — 8 #12,006
2012 14 — 14 #8,227
2011 8 — 8 #12,201
2010 6 — 6 #15,030
2009 11 — 11 #10,010
2008 13 — 13 #8,985
2007 11 — 11 #10,161
2006 18 — 18 #6,864
2005 14 — 14 #7,919
2004 17 — 17 #6,792
2003 12 — 12 #8,535
2002 23 — 23 #5,093
2001 19 — 19 #5,835
2000 17 — 17 #6,231
1999 16 — 16 #6,212
1998 17 — 17 #5,822
1997 13 — 13 #6,873
1996 13 — 13 #6,756
1995 10 — 10 #8,120
1994 11 — 11 #7,634
1993 8 — 8 #9,611
1992 14 — 14 #6,346
1991 16 — 16 #5,690
1990 11 — 11 #7,358
1989 9 — 9 #8,092
1987 11 — 11 #6,368
1986 13 — 13 #5,484
1985 11 — 11 #6,071
1984 9 — 9 #6,871
1983 12 — 12 #5,498
1982 12 — 12 #5,580
1981 17 — 17 #4,371
1980 12 — 12 #5,577
1979 17 — 17 #4,259
1978 10 — 10 #6,012
1977 15 — 15 #4,460
1976 13 — 13 #4,643
1975 8 — 8 #6,539
1974 16 — 16 #3,886
1973 15 — 15 #3,998
1972 12 — 12 #4,552
1971 12 — 12 #4,569
1970 11 — 11 #4,792
1969 9 — 9 #5,105
1968 11 — 11 #4,263
1967 13 — 13 #3,695
1966 10 — 10 #4,244
1965 19 — 19 #2,856
1964 17 — 17 #3,138
1963 12 — 12 #3,839
1962 17 — 17 #3,058
1961 18 — 18 #2,980
1960 11 — 11 #3,972
1959 21 — 21 #2,537
1958 29 5 34 #2,084
1957 14 6 20 #3,180
1956 25 — 25 #2,211
1955 20 — 20 #2,492
1954 21 — 21 #2,400
1953 20 — 20 #2,385
1952 22 — 22 #2,220
1951 18 6 24 #2,423
1950 18 — 18 #2,370
1949 22 5 27 #2,090
1948 15 — 15 #2,614
1947 24 — 24 #2,011
1946 18 7 25 #2,265
1945 12 — 12 #2,644
1944 11 5 16 #2,816
1943 16 — 16 #2,289
1942 17 7 24 #2,144
1941 10 6 16 #2,904
1940 15 — 15 #2,142
1939 16 6 22 #2,076
1938 17 — 17 #1,977
1937 14 — 14 #2,238
1936 15 8 23 #2,075
1935 20 10 30 #1,750
1934 12 — 12 #2,474
1933 20 7 27 #1,742
1932 23 8 31 #1,614
1931 15 — 15 #2,145
1930 18 — 18 #1,973
1929 21 9 30 #1,794
1928 18 — 18 #2,060
1927 19 8 27 #2,053
1926 20 9 29 #1,957
1925 11 8 19 #2,989
1924 22 — 22 #1,898
1923 19 9 28 #2,052
1922 17 6 23 #2,231
1921 17 9 26 #2,230
1920 19 8 27 #2,048
1919 10 8 18 #3,082
1918 18 14 32 #2,054
1917 11 5 16 #2,751
1916 16 6 22 #2,090
1915 13 — 13 #2,310
1914 22 — 22 #1,369
1913 15 — 15 #1,569
1912 11 5 16 #1,799
1911 7 — 7 #2,075
1910 17 — 17 #1,104
1909 12 — 12 #1,267
1908 8 — 8 #1,624
1907 13 — 13 #1,134
1904 5 — 5 #2,021
1903 5 — 5 #1,942
1901 6 — 6 #1,612
1900 8 — 8 #1,528
1898 10 — 10 #1,163
1893 6 — 6 #1,405
1892 5 — 5 #1,650