# Reba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,491 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60 / 35,431 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 6,296 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,537 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,105 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,652 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,346 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,763 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,485 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,745 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,138 |
| 2020 | 20 | 6,034 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,124 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,140 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,516 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,111 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,733 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 5 | 3,175 |
| 1916 | 7 | 3,445 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,841 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,756 |
| 1924 | 7 | 3,783 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,322 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,868 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,918 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,696 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,865 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Reba

- Reba McEntire, American country singer and actress (born 1955)
- Sabrina Bryan, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.