Rhea

What Rhea means

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

Editor’s note Up from #994 in 2015 to #639 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rhea?

US: Rising: up from #994 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #570 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 577 girls got the name (#527 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 3,556 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,324 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 471 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 (0.92 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.67 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Rhea is #639 in the US and #388 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 Rhea were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Raha99 US · 54 E&W
• Ruha9 US · 9 E&W
• Rheia6 US · 3 E&W
• Roha0 US · 9 E&W
• Rhia6 US
• Reha6 US
• Riha0 US · 4 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 Rhea

Girls

• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Cleo#577Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,743 in 2015, #577 in 2025
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*

For a brother

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Ambrose#735“immortal, divine”^*
• Niko#325Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rhea’s. Rank is US 2025.