Rea is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1958 and remains in steady use.
Rea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,363 for girl births in the United States (and #9,304 across all names), given to 24 babies. Rea was first reported in SSA data in 1892 and peaked in 1958 (29 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | #5,363 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #6,874 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | #5,097 | — |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | #5,593 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | #4,930 | — |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | #5,813 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #6,135 | — |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | #7,682 | — |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #6,747 | — |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 | #5,762 | — |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #7,913 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #8,865 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,909 | — |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | #8,536 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #13,109 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #16,523 | — |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | #10,515 | — |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | #9,374 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #10,663 | — |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #7,080 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #8,238 | — |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #7,026 | — |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #8,939 | — |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #5,233 | — |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | #6,018 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,416 | — |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,420 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #6,008 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #7,182 | — |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #7,044 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,590 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #8,014 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #10,325 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #6,570 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,871 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,732 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,565 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #6,665 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #5,679 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,344 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,261 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,727 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,805 | — |
| 1981 | 17 | — | #4,479 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #5,814 | — |
| 1979 | 17 | — | #4,371 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,278 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #4,589 | — |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #4,831 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,971 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #3,986 | — |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #4,116 | — |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #4,727 | — |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #4,750 | — |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #4,991 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,352 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,428 | — |
| 1967 | 13 | — | #3,791 | — |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,410 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,903 | — |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #3,207 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,975 | — |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #3,133 | — |
| 1961 | 18 | — | #3,038 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #4,107 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,574 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | — | #2,106 | #4,382 |
| 1957 | 20 | — | #3,266 | #3,890 |
| 1956 | 25 | — | #2,235 | — |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,530 | — |
| 1954 | 21 | — | #2,432 | — |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #2,413 | — |
| 1952 | 22 | — | #2,251 | — |
| 1951 | 24 | — | #2,455 | #3,640 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,412 | — |
| 1949 | 27 | — | #2,118 | #4,099 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,679 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,033 | — |
| 1946 | 25 | — | #2,295 | #3,116 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,712 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,910 | #3,805 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #2,331 | — |
| 1942 | 24 | — | #2,186 | #3,149 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #2,996 | #3,424 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #2,189 | — |
| 1939 | 22 | — | #2,109 | #3,412 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #2,005 | — |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #2,291 | — |
| 1936 | 23 | — | #2,128 | #2,806 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | #1,768 | #2,502 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,541 | — |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,762 | #3,217 |
| 1932 | 31 | — | #1,619 | #3,043 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,190 | — |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #2,006 | — |
| 1929 | 30 | — | #1,810 | #2,923 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,081 | — |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #2,082 | #3,385 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | #1,984 | #3,091 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #3,081 | #3,340 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | #1,912 | — |
| 1923 | 28 | — | #2,076 | #3,121 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | #2,268 | #4,216 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | #2,267 | #3,169 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #2,061 | #3,431 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #3,180 | #3,323 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | #2,087 | #2,240 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #2,840 | #4,452 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | #2,110 | #3,805 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,360 | — |
| 1914 | 22 | — | #1,376 | — |
| 1913 | 15 | — | #1,588 | — |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,817 | #2,833 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,153 | — |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,102 | — |
| 1909 | 12 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,652 | — |
| 1907 | 13 | — | #1,128 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #2,024 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,539 | — |
| 1898 | 10 | — | #1,161 | — |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,403 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,627 | — |