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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Reba

Reba was the 10733rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 231st; the most babies were born in 1925 (792). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,387 places. More babies were named Reba in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Meaning probably short form of Rebecca · English, Hebrew

Say it REE-buh /ˈribə/

Rank in 2025
#10,733 girls, down 4,699 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
9girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1925792 babies
Total since 1880
35,491babies recorded

What does the name Reba mean?

Reba is listed in Wiktionary only as an English girls' name, without an etymology. It is most likely a short form of Rebecca (Hebrew Rivqah), the wife of Isaac in Genesis, whose name DMNES connects with a Semitic root meaning "to tie, join". Reba was most common in the US in the early 20th century, and the country singer Reba McEntire made it familiar again.

רִבְקָה (Biblical Hebrew, “Rivqah (Rebecca)”)

How sure is this? Probable. No consulted source documents Reba's origin directly; the Rebecca link is the likely explanation.

Related names: Rebecca, Becky, Riva.

See also: Hebrew names.

Sources for this meaning

Reba popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 60 since 1913.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#10,7339
2020#6,03420
2010#7,15318
2000#3,64436
1990#1,452108
1980#2,58037
1970#1,023121
1960#495382
1950#422362
1940#264550
1930#235680
1920#248699
1910#251236
1900#305116
1890#38343
1880#48813

How popular is Reba, counting every spelling?

Reba has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Reba?

9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reba (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Reba born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reba.

Chance of another Reba in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Reba?

About 12,300 people born in the US named Reba are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 57 and 80. That makes Reba a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Reba by state

How common Reba was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Reba, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Reba: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reba, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Reba · Sibling names for Reba

Reba is also a nickname for Rebecca.

Questions about the name Reba

What does Reba mean?

Reba means “probably short form of Rebecca” (English, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Reba?

Reba was the 10733rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 231st; the most babies were born in 1925 (792). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,387 places. More babies were named Reba in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Reba a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Reba in the US.

Where is Reba most popular?

In 2021–2025, Reba was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 girls).