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Rea

Gender
Girl
Say it
RAY-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,237 for girls

Rea is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).

What does Rea mean?

Greek: Italian form of Rhea

In Roman legend Rea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Rea a girl's or a boy's name?

Rea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rea, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Rea than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Rea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 209 girls in the UK were given Rea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 19992025
Rea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
202415#1,953
202316#1,873
202213#2,157
202117#1,794
20209#2,766
20198#3,018
20187#3,344
201711#2,485
20168#3,105
20156#3,777
20144#4,888
20139#2,796
20127#3,471
20110–
201010#2,540
20094#4,795
200816#1,745
20077#3,060
200610#2,263
200511#2,061
200418#1,342
200320#1,216
200219#1,186
200114#1,461
200019#1,137
199926#923
199814#1,417
199723#995
199624#924

How popular is Rea in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,237th among girls
Babies in 2025
24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Rea, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1958, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.

Half of all the girls named Rea in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 393 girls in the US were given Rea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #711, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.

In 1958, 85% of the babies named Rea in the US were girls.

1892Busiest: 29 in 19582025
Rea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202524#5,237
202417#6,639
202326#4,996
202223#5,462
202127#4,829
202021#5,663
201920#5,982
201815#7,405
201718#6,527
201623#5,620
201515#7,610
201413#8,480
20138#11,964
201214#8,204
20118#12,146
20106#14,953
200911#9,971
200813#8,961
200711#10,125
200618#6,838
200514#7,886
200417#6,763
200312#8,500
200223#5,082
200119#5,817
200017#6,202
199916#6,185
199817#5,794
199713#6,839
199613#6,718
199510#8,074
199411#7,598
19938#9,552
199214#6,307
199116#5,653
199011#7,297
19899#8,031
19880–
198711#6,330
198613#5,456
198511#6,029
19849#6,808
198312#5,456
198212#5,532
198117#4,343
198012#5,543
197917#4,230
197810#5,957
197715#4,424
197613#4,612
19758#6,482
197416#3,862
197315#3,970
197212#4,522
197112#4,532
197011#4,760
19699#5,056
196811#4,221
196713#3,655
196610#4,197
196519#2,832
196417#3,107
196312#3,800
196217#3,032
196118#2,956
196011#3,919
195921#2,516
195829#2,072
195714#3,149
195625#2,193
195520#2,471
195421#2,377
195320#2,362
195222#2,199
195118#2,390
195018#2,340
194922#2,068
194815#2,588
194724#1,992
194618#2,227
194512#2,597
194411#2,761
194316#2,250
194217#2,116
194110#2,844
194015#2,108
193916#2,038
193817#1,945
193714#2,196
193615#2,032
193520#1,720
193412#2,423
193320#1,723
193223#1,597
193115#2,104
193018#1,933
192921#1,765
192818#2,022
192719#2,025
192620#1,931
192511#2,938
192422#1,871
192319#2,021
192217#2,186
192117#2,195
192019#2,015
191910#3,003
191818#2,028
191711#2,692
191616#2,028
191513#2,254
191422#1,344
191315#1,528
191211#1,718
19117#1,956
191017#1,069
190912#1,219
19088#1,547
190713#1,092
19060–
19050–
19045#1,876
19035#1,791
19020–
19016#1,466
19008#1,430
18990–
189810#1,098
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18936#1,277
18925#1,450

Names like Rea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rhea, Georgia, Cora, Rosie, Clara, Cleo, Nora, Charlotte, Eleanor, Ruby, Sophie, Anna

Other spellings of Rea

Reya, Raeya, Raeyah, Reia, Reyah, Raea, Reah

Names related to Rea

Reha

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Iris

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rea, updated 20 October 2026.