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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rheta

Rheta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 527th with 151 babies. More babies were named Rheta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1934151 babies
Total since 1880
1,200babies recorded

Rheta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#3,32315
1950#2,32019
1940#2,92010
1930#2,28315
1920#1,65926
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Rheta, counting every spelling?

Rheta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Rheta?

About 400 people born in the US named Rheta are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 70 and 87. That makes Rheta 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.

Rheta by state

How common Rheta was among girls born in each state in 1932–1936, around its peak. In 35 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMI0.08New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIN0.17Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesVA0.05Maryland: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesKS0.08Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOK0.09Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rheta, girls, 1932–1936. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Rheta

How popular is the name Rheta?

Rheta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 527th with 151 babies. More babies were named Rheta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Rheta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,200 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Rheta most popular?

In 1932–1936, Rheta was most common in Indiana (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Michigan.