Rheia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Rheia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Rheia mean?
Greek: Greek form of Rhea
Greek spelling of Rhea, the Titan mother of Zeus and the other Olympian gods.
Is Rheia a girl's or a boy's name?
Rheia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rheia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rheia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 260 girls in the UK were given Rheia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Rheia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
Names like Rheia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Cora, Orla, Fiadh, Kiara, Nova, Maeve, Nora, Rosie, Daphne, Maeva, Rowan
Other spellings of Rheia
Names related to Rheia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rheia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rheia, updated 20 October 2026.