How rare is the name Reva?

7,109 people in the United States have the first name Reva, about 1 in 42,486. It ranks #3,099 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

REVA

#3,099

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,109
About
1 in 42,486
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,109 people named Reva, 70.1% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 9.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Reva peaked in 1921, when 351 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
351
In 2025*
97 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,059 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.

Reva by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #695. The largest share of babies named Reva, 32.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,63811
1890s#1,036212
1900s#695593
1910s#7032,067
1920s#7073,114
1930s#7752,379
1940s#1,0201,800
1950s#1,3341,582
1960s#1,818988
1970s#2,962503
1980s#2,317906
1990s#4,160517
2000s#6,017423
2010s#5,146571
2020s#4,669393
Before 19011.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2732.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.1%
Baby boom 1946–6418%
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–124.2%
2013 and later5.1%

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 Reva is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reva has been most common in West Virginia (6.7×), Kentucky (6.2×), and Missouri (3.2×), and least common in Maryland (0.2×).

10,631 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 Reva

#3,097 Theodora · 7,119#3,098 Cuong · 7,113#3,100 Adelaida · 7,104#3,101 Juli · 7,103

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reva, most common first.

#1,995 Reba · 13,767#18,582 Reeva · 579#32,261 Reve · 262#35,030 Rev · 231

Also a last name

As a last name, Reva ranks #110,961 of 156,621, with 169 people. See Reva as a last name

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