Reata
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ree-AH-tuh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Reata is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “lasso, rope”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Reata mean?
Spanish: Spanish word reata
“lasso, rope”
Reata is the Texas ranch in Edna Ferber's novel Giant and its 1956 film.
Is Reata a girl's or a boy's name?
Reata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Reata, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the girls named Reata in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
Names like Reata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Alaia Solana Briella Aitana Amora Daleyza Isla Romina Luna Amoura Elara
Names related to Reata
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
Sources
Figures from 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, “Reata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reata, updated 20 October 2026.