Reva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-va
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,981 for girls
Reva is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).
What does Reva mean?
Sanskrit: Indian name
In Sanskrit, Reva is another name for the Narmada, one of India's sacred rivers.
Is Reva a girl's or a boy's name?
Reva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 97 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Reva, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 27 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Reva than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Reva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Reva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Reva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,981st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 97 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Reva, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 351 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had more girls named Reva than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Reva in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,981 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1990 | 103 | #1,499 |
| 1989 | 134 | #1,201 |
| 1988 | 149 | #1,061 |
| 1987 | 132 | #1,128 |
| 1986 | 134 | #1,105 |
| 1985 | 115 | #1,207 |
| 1984 | 92 | #1,323 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,516 |
| 1971 | 71 | #1,456 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,269 |
| 1966 | 77 | #1,225 |
| 1965 | 93 | #1,086 |
| 1964 | 106 | #1,051 |
| 1963 | 101 | #1,073 |
| 1962 | 139 | #897 |
| 1961 | 120 | #987 |
| 1960 | 140 | #877 |
| 1959 | 137 | #887 |
| 1958 | 140 | #860 |
| 1957 | 161 | #794 |
| 1956 | 161 | #771 |
| 1955 | 172 | #721 |
| 1954 | 166 | #717 |
| 1953 | 136 | #786 |
| 1952 | 166 | #690 |
| 1951 | 175 | #657 |
| 1950 | 168 | #657 |
| 1949 | 154 | #670 |
| 1948 | 178 | #618 |
| 1947 | 173 | #635 |
| 1946 | 197 | #568 |
| 1945 | 176 | #552 |
| 1944 | 147 | #605 |
| 1943 | 195 | #537 |
| 1942 | 186 | #544 |
| 1941 | 193 | #501 |
| 1940 | 196 | #490 |
| 1939 | 190 | #487 |
| 1938 | 223 | #449 |
| 1937 | 206 | #456 |
| 1936 | 238 | #418 |
| 1935 | 226 | #427 |
| 1934 | 276 | #386 |
| 1933 | 239 | #415 |
| 1932 | 280 | #391 |
| 1931 | 252 | #406 |
| 1930 | 249 | #417 |
| 1929 | 266 | #406 |
| 1928 | 282 | #401 |
| 1927 | 307 | #391 |
| 1926 | 316 | #384 |
| 1925 | 315 | #384 |
| 1924 | 340 | #370 |
| 1923 | 307 | #381 |
| 1922 | 301 | #377 |
| 1921 | 351 | #351 |
| 1920 | 323 | #366 |
| 1919 | 291 | #380 |
| 1918 | 304 | #376 |
| 1917 | 289 | #372 |
| 1916 | 277 | #375 |
| 1915 | 260 | #375 |
| 1914 | 175 | #398 |
| 1913 | 164 | #378 |
| 1912 | 121 | #427 |
| 1911 | 95 | #414 |
| 1910 | 91 | #412 |
| 1909 | 72 | #435 |
| 1908 | 73 | #422 |
| 1907 | 79 | #398 |
| 1906 | 67 | #415 |
| 1905 | 56 | #450 |
| 1904 | 54 | #438 |
| 1903 | 37 | #527 |
| 1902 | 48 | #454 |
| 1901 | 49 | #428 |
| 1900 | 58 | #437 |
| 1899 | 37 | #480 |
| 1898 | 36 | #520 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 |
| 1896 | 32 | #528 |
| 1895 | 16 | #788 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Reva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa, Clara, Rosie, Eva, Ada, Cora, Lola, Nora, Ruby, Nina, Martha, Etta
Names related to Reva
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Reva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reva, updated 20 October 2026.