Reeva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-va
- UK rank, 2025
- #405 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Reeva is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 405th for girls in the UK (117 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Reeva mean?
Perhaps a spelling of Reva or Riva
Possibly a spelling of Reva, a Sanskrit name for the Narmada river, or of Riva, a Hebrew pet form of Rivka.
Is Reeva a girl's or a boy's name?
Reeva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reeva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 405th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117 about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the UK were named Reeva, making it the 405th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 305th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 198 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Reeva than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Reeva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the UK were given Reeva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #301, up from #405 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 419th in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Reeva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #405 |
| 2024 | 157 | #311 |
| 2023 | 157 | #308 |
| 2022 | 155 | #316 |
| 2021 | 198 | #262 |
| 2020 | 173 | #305 |
| 2019 | 154 | #332 |
| 2018 | 138 | #368 |
| 2017 | 142 | #360 |
| 2016 | 129 | #393 |
| 2015 | 120 | #420 |
| 2014 | 79 | #583 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Reeva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Reeva, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Reeva in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Reeva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
- Reeva 59
- Riva 41
Reeva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
Names like Reeva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla, Nova, Isla, Lyra, Eira, Maeva, Mila, Luna, Fiadh, Lyla, Myla, Rowan
Other spellings of Reeva
Names related to Reeva
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, “Reeva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reeva, updated 20 October 2026.