Reya
Reya was the 1003rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 250 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 886th with 305 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 889 places. More babies were named Reya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,003 girls, up 276 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 250girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024305 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,939babies recorded
Reya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,003 | 250 |
| 2020 | #1,279 | 175 |
| 2010 | #3,241 | 51 |
| 2000 | #5,455 | 21 |
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How popular is Reya, counting every spelling?
Reya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #917 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,003 for Reya on its own. Together these spellings went to 270 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reya | 250 | #1,003 | 1,301 |
| Reyah | 15 | #7,419 | 115 |
| Reeya | 5 | #16,734 | 40 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Reya?
250 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reya (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Reya 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 34 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Reya?
About 2,900 people born in the US named Reya are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Reya a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Reya by state
How common Reya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (2.4×), New Jersey (2.2×), Massachusetts (1.6×), California (1.6×), Minnesota (1.6×). In 26 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Reya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Reya
How popular is the name Reya?
Reya was the 1003rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 250 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 886th with 305 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 889 places. More babies were named Reya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Reya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Reya in the US.
Where is Reya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Reya was most common in Washington (0.39 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Oregon.