Reah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Reah is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Reah mean?
Greek: spelling of Rea; Italian form of Rhea
In Roman legend Rea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus.
Meaning borrowed from Rea. More on Wiktionary.
Is Reah a girl's or a boy's name?
Reah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Reah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Reah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Reah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Reah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had more girls named Reah than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Reah in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were given Reah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #711, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Reah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Reah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophie, Georgia, Rhea, Ruby, Ffion, Anna, Emma, Hannah, Lucy, Charlotte, Chloe, Leah
Other spellings of Reah
Names related to Reah
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Reah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reah, updated 20 October 2026.