Boy or Girl

Is Reba a boy or girl name?

Reba is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 20 girls and 0 boys were named Reba, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 35,481 US babies named Reba were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#6,091
Babies named Reba since 1880
35,481
Most popular year
1925
792 babies
Babies named Reba each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Reba from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Reba, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0224100%
1890s0841100%
1900s01,493100%
1910s125,08299.8%
1920s317,31299.6%
1930s176,18899.7%
1940s04,847100%
1950s04,139100%
1960s02,174100%
1970s0737100%
1980s0658100%
1990s01,138100%
2000s0293100%
2010s0187100%
2020s0108100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–20#6,091
20230–23#5,514
20220–26#5,137
20210–20#6,118
20200–19#6,274
20190–26#5,136
20180–22#5,745
20170–19#6,481
20160–23#5,763
20150–14#8,342
20140–19#6,650
20130–11#10,102
20120–14#8,537
20110–21#6,296
20100–18#7,153
20090–25#5,673
20080–21#6,514
20070–24#5,863
20060–30#4,776
20050–28#4,806
20040–32#4,363
20030–30#4,394
20020–34#3,865
20010–33#3,921
20000–36#3,644
19990–47#2,891
19980–55#2,523
19970–65#2,152
19960–108#1,501
19950–124#1,336
19940–149#1,189
19930–157#1,135
19920–169#1,074
19910–156#1,142
19900–108#1,452
19890–97#1,493
19880–109#1,326
19870–102#1,346
19860–83#1,503
19850–50#2,125
19840–47#2,136
19830–45#2,185
19820–42#2,357
19810–46#2,219
19800–37#2,580
19790–49#2,074
19780–56#1,818
19770–59#1,752
19760–65#1,562
19750–49#1,867
19740–65#1,514
19730–84#1,250
19720–81#1,275
19710–108#1,110
19700–121#1,022
19690–113#1,030
19680–116#964
19670–164#768
19660–166#762
19650–199#699
19640–218#702
19630–240#653
19620–268#613
19610–308#572
19600–382#495
19590–350#519
19580–365#502
19570–403#472
19560–452#431
19550–444#420
19540–453#407
19530–440#407
19520–429#403
19510–441#389
19500–362#422
19490–432#377
19480–440#378
19470–488#364
19460–475#347
19450–442#325
19440–440#324
19430–529#303
19420–526#300
19410–525#281
19400–550#264
19395#3,865538#267
19380–574#264
19370–601#256
19360–609#251
19350–614#254
19340–636#245
19330–627#242
19326#3,696657#240
19310–652#233
19306#3,918680#235
19296#3,868642#247
19280–729#231
19270–726#241
19268#3,322747#235
19250–792#232
19247#3,783773#236
19235#4,756728#242
19220–728#241
19215#4,841748#241
19200–699#248
19190–706#239
19180–689#245
19170–618#250
19167#3,445665#241
19150–662#234
19140–502#238
19135#3,175410#240
19120–335#245
19110–259#243
19100–236#251
19090–208#246
19080–183#261
19070–167#267
19060–150#273
19050–162#256
19040–128#279
19030–126#280
19020–129#277
19010–124#262
19000–116#305
18990–93#310
18980–133#262
18970–82#325
18960–109#274
18950–87#313
18940–100#278
18930–65#335
18920–71#322
18910–58#335
18900–43#383
18890–39#392
18880–33#437
18870–29#410
18860–28#412
18850–22#455
18840–19#475
18830–15#513
18820–9#668
18810–17#415
18800–13#488

Highest rank

As a boy name, Reba reached #3,175 in 1913. As a girl name, it reached #231 in 1928. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Reba

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.