NameTides

Rhea

Rhea was the #639 girls' name in the US in 2025 (452 babies), and #388 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Rhea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rhea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rhea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#639 (452)#388 (109)#116 (38)#35 (47)#85 (59)#377 (81)
2024#613 (487)#473 (87)#102 (42)#52 (36)#93 (52)#394 (77)
2023#527 (577)#485 (82)#160 (27)#45 (45)#130 (36)#360 (82)
2022#600 (500)#486 (84)#179 (24)#103 (21)#124 (42)#378 (80)
2021#614 (485)#407 (109)#138 (32)#131 (18)#143 (36)#388 (83)
2020#625 (464)#472 (85)#186 (21)#212 (8)#160 (30)#424 (71)
2019#703 (411)#510 (80)#199 (21)#113 (19)#201 (24)#471 (69)
2018#756 (360)#532 (79)#208 (21)#166 (13)#267 (17)#581 (53)
2017#860 (318)#533 (81)#210 (21)#215 (8)#249 (19)#422 (78)
2016#947 (289)#485 (89)#262 (16)#211 (9)#273 (17)#512 (63)
2015#994 (271)#570 (75)#281 (14)#195 (10)#244 (21)#609 (49)
2014#1,092 (233)#541 (78)#261 (17)#247 (7)#373 (12)#640 (47)
2013#1,111 (219)#492 (86)#238 (17)#150 (13)#340 (14)#647 (44)
2012#1,096 (225)#529 (80)#267 (17)#297 (6)#250 (20)#561 (53)
2011#1,189 (202)#480 (89)#300 (13)#311 (5)#266 (19)#580 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #527.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 470common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 160very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 360common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rhea is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rhea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: #298ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #462OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #516CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #768FL
Rhea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36435
Quebec2025#46610

Rhea (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RheaCanadaGirls#37781
RheaEngland & WalesGirls#388109
RheaIrelandGirls#8559
RhéaIrelandGirls#6085
RheaNorthern IrelandGirls#3547
RheaScotlandGirls#11638
RheaUSGirls#639452
RheaUSBoys—too few