first name
REBA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,767 people named Reba, 82.1% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Black and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Reba peaked in 1925, when 792 babies got the name.
At least 35,491 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Reba by decade
Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #420 in every decade from the 1900s to the 1910s. The largest share of babies named Reba, 35%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Reba is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reba has been most common in Arkansas (5.9×), Tennessee (5.7×), and Oklahoma (4×), and least common in Iowa (0.13×).
29,248 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Reba
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reba, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Reba ranks #82,600 of 156,621, with 246 people. See Reba as a last name
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