Reya

What Reya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Reya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Reya?

US: Rising: up from #1883 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1452 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 305 girls got the name (#884 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 6,429 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,282 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.54 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.42 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.38 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Reya is #1003 in the US and #381 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Reya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Raya831 US · 547 E&W
• Riya137 US · 48 E&W
• Rayah118 US · 50 E&W
• Rya140 US · 15 E&W
• Raeya60 US · 56 E&W
• Raiya55 US · 44 E&W
• Ryah92 US · 5 E&W
• Roya76 US · 20 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Reya

Girls

• Milani#288Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #664 in 2015, #288 in 2025
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Oakley#156“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Alaia#117“joyful”^*

For a brother

• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Reya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.