How rare is the name Rhea?

12,677 people in the United States have the first name Rhea, about 1 in 23,825. It ranks #2,119 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RHEA

#2,119

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,677
About
1 in 23,825
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,677 people named Rhea, 49.5% reported their origin as White, 29.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.7% as Black. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rhea peaked in 2023, when 577 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
577
In 2025*
452 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 20,145 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Rhea by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #642. The largest share of babies named Rhea, 25.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,164117
1890s#642481
1900s#720548
1910s#8851,400
1920s#9971,701
1930s#1,1501,146
1940s#1,2641,206
1950s#1,4581,299
1960s#1,7371,080
1970s#1,9591,001
1980s#1,9211,244
1990s#2,4301,174
2000s#2,0232,047
2010s#1,7892,736
2020s#1,1812,965
Before 19013.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2716.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.5%
Baby boom 1946–6412.1%
Generation X 1965–808.1%
Millennials 1981–969.5%
Generation Z 1997–1215.2%
2013 and later25.1%

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 Rhea is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rhea has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Ohio (1.7×), and Michigan (1.6×), and least common in Kentucky (0.14×).

12,812 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 Rhea

#2,117 Zackery · 12,696#2,118 Jensen · 12,687#2,120 Ivonne · 12,663#2,121 Kathie · 12,647

Spelled almost the same

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

#26,142 Rheya · 358#28,616 Rhia · 313#32,331 Rhya · 261

Also a last name

As a last name, Rhea ranks #4,488 of 156,621, with 7,671 people. See Rhea as a last name

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