girl's name

Reya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,557

Northern Ireland

#370

2022 births

Reya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 250 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 305 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 13,262 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Reya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,476
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Reya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 27
1990s 62
2000s 314
2010s 1,060
2020s (to 2025) 1,476

How popular is Reya?

In 2025, Reya was given to 250 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Reya is used

Northern Ireland #370 4 in 2022
England & Wales #383 111 in 2025
Scotland #487 6 in 2024
Canada #566 51 in 2024
Ireland #773 4 in 2025
United States #1,003 250 in 2025

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 Reya

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

Parents who like Reya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Reya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Reya

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

Common questions about Reya

How popular is the name Reya?

In 2025, Reya was given to 250 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Reya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Reya most popular?

Reya peaked in 2024, when 305 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Reya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Reya currently ranks #383 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.