girl's name

Reka

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 357

Reka is a girl's name. In 2009 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1889.

Reka over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2000s.

47
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Reka by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 47
1900s 20
1910s 38
1920s 27
1960s 18
1970s 41
1980s 39
1990s 30
2000s 45

How popular is Reka?

In 2009, Reka was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Reka is used

France #2,807 5 in 1985
England & Wales #6,243 3 in 2020
United States #17,768 5 in 2009

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Reka

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Sibling names for Reka

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Reka — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Reka

How popular is the name Reka?

In 2009, Reka was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Reka a girl's or a boy's name?

Reka is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Reka most popular?

Reka peaked in 1991, when 13 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.