Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rea” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rea” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rea” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rea” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rea” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rea” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 11 5 38%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 22 0.000011373 16 6 45%
1917 16 0.000007973 11 5 38%
1918 32 0.000014739 18 14 13%
1919 18 0.00000853 10 8 11%
1920 27 0.000011933 19 8 41%
1921 26 0.000011137 17 9 31%
1922 23 0.000010047 17 6 48%
1923 28 0.000012161 19 9 36%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 11 8 16%
1926 29 0.000012631 20 9 38%
1927 27 0.000011641 19 8 41%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 100%
1929 30 0.000013685 21 9 40%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 31 0.000014683 23 8 48%
1933 27 0.000013504 20 7 48%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 30 0.000014355 20 10 33%
1936 23 0.000011071 15 8 30%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 100%
1939 22 0.000009984 16 6 45%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 10 6 25%
1942 24 0.000008785 17 7 42%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 16 0.000005948 11 5 38%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 100%
1946 25 0.000007824 18 7 44%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 100%
1949 27 0.000007748 22 5 63%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 100%
1951 24 0.000006515 18 6 50%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 100%
1957 20 0.000004759 14 6 40%
1958 34 0.000008225 29 5 71%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 100%
2002 23 0.000006153 23 100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 26 0.000007852 26 100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 100%

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