Girls' name · peaked in 2023
Rhea name popularity since 1925
16,700 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rhea (98.3% girls, 1.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Rhea is about 32 years old in 2026. Rhea peaked in 2023 as the #527 name for girls, and it ranked #639 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,700
- Named Rhea, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #639
- for girls in 2025 (452 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.3% girls
- 16,420 girls · 280 boys
- Most popular in
- Indiana
- 1.62× its national share
Peak year is the year Rhea made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rhea births per year, 1925–2025
2023 was the biggest year for Rhea both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2015 and 2020, Rhea became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 6,590 baby girls to 1 in 3,480.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Rhea's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rhea.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rhea in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 737 | 65 | – |
| 1930s | 1,092 | 54 | #662 |
| 1940s | 1,137 | 69 | #815 |
| 1950s | 1,248 | 51 | #849 |
| 1960s | 1,055 | 25 | #1,059 |
| 1970s | 990 | 11 | #1,124 |
| 1980s | 1,244 | 0 | #1,116 |
| 1990s | 1,174 | 0 | #1,448 |
| 2000s | 2,042 | 5 | #1,305 |
| 2010s | 2,736 | 0 | #996 |
| 2020–25 | 2,965 | 0 | #639 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.3% of babies named Rhea from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Rhea is most popular
The index compares Rhea's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rhea.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 1.62× | 439 |
| California | 1.57× | 1,911 |
| New York | 1.52× | 1,321 |
| Ohio | 1.45× | 765 |
| New Jersey | 1.38× | 436 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rhea and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rhea (this page) | 16,420 | 2023 |
| Rea | 1,561 | 1910 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rhea's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rhea.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rhea (2023).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data