Reba
Girl · REE-bah · Hebrew
Reba is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie, bind”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Reba mean?
Hebrew: short form of Rebecca
“to tie, bind”
A short form of Rebecca, made familiar by the country singer Reba McEntire.
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- REE-bah
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Is Reba a girl's or a boy's name?
Reba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Reba, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Reba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Reba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Reba, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 792 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Reba than any year since 1882.
Half of all the girls named Reba in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,496 |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,327 |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,181 |
| 1993 | 157 | #1,129 |
| 1992 | 169 | #1,070 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,134 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,441 |
| 1989 | 97 | #1,488 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,319 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,494 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,050 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,804 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,551 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,499 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,239 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 108 | #1,103 |
| 1970 | 121 | #1,020 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,024 |
| 1968 | 116 | #958 |
| 1967 | 164 | #767 |
| 1966 | 166 | #760 |
| 1965 | 199 | #699 |
| 1964 | 218 | #701 |
| 1963 | 241 | #651 |
| 1962 | 267 | #613 |
| 1961 | 309 | #568 |
| 1960 | 382 | #495 |
| 1959 | 349 | #519 |
| 1958 | 365 | #502 |
| 1957 | 403 | #471 |
| 1956 | 452 | #429 |
| 1955 | 444 | #419 |
| 1954 | 453 | #405 |
| 1953 | 440 | #406 |
| 1952 | 429 | #402 |
| 1951 | 441 | #388 |
| 1950 | 362 | #420 |
| 1949 | 432 | #376 |
| 1948 | 440 | #378 |
| 1947 | 488 | #364 |
| 1946 | 475 | #346 |
| 1945 | 442 | #325 |
| 1944 | 440 | #324 |
| 1943 | 529 | #302 |
| 1942 | 526 | #299 |
| 1941 | 525 | #281 |
| 1940 | 550 | #264 |
| 1939 | 538 | #266 |
| 1938 | 574 | #264 |
| 1937 | 601 | #256 |
| 1936 | 609 | #251 |
| 1935 | 614 | #253 |
| 1934 | 636 | #245 |
| 1933 | 627 | #242 |
| 1932 | 657 | #240 |
| 1931 | 652 | #233 |
| 1930 | 680 | #235 |
| 1929 | 642 | #247 |
| 1928 | 729 | #231 |
| 1927 | 726 | #241 |
| 1926 | 747 | #235 |
| 1925 | 792 | #232 |
| 1924 | 773 | #236 |
| 1923 | 728 | #242 |
| 1922 | 728 | #241 |
| 1921 | 748 | #241 |
| 1920 | 699 | #248 |
| 1919 | 706 | #239 |
| 1918 | 689 | #244 |
| 1917 | 618 | #249 |
| 1916 | 665 | #240 |
| 1915 | 662 | #234 |
| 1914 | 502 | #238 |
| 1913 | 410 | #240 |
| 1912 | 335 | #245 |
| 1911 | 259 | #243 |
| 1910 | 236 | #251 |
| 1909 | 208 | #246 |
| 1908 | 183 | #260 |
| 1907 | 167 | #267 |
| 1906 | 150 | #270 |
| 1905 | 162 | #256 |
| 1904 | 128 | #278 |
| 1903 | 126 | #278 |
| 1902 | 129 | #274 |
| 1901 | 124 | #261 |
| 1900 | 116 | #304 |
| 1899 | 93 | #310 |
| 1898 | 133 | #258 |
| 1897 | 82 | #320 |
| 1896 | 109 | #273 |
| 1895 | 87 | #312 |
| 1894 | 100 | #278 |
| 1893 | 65 | #334 |
| 1892 | 71 | #320 |
| 1891 | 58 | #332 |
| 1890 | 43 | #382 |
| 1889 | 39 | #388 |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 |
| 1887 | 29 | #403 |
| 1886 | 28 | #406 |
| 1885 | 22 | #446 |
| 1884 | 19 | #463 |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 17 | #405 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
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