Rheya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rheya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rheya: Recorded every year since 2004, its highest recorded position is #1,948, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1948highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#2438
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#3533
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#2887
2014	#4684
2015	#4736
2016	#2233
2017	#3229
2018	#3518
2019	#2869
2020	#2843
2021	#2201
2022	#1948
2023	#2346
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1948 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rheya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rheya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	31	6 of 10	5
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rheya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022.

Rheya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,948, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rheon · #2320, 11y
Rhett · #1635, 19y
Rhia · #247, 30y
Rhian · #219, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Minerva · #1948, 18y
Mansur · #1949, 18y
Osher · #1949, 22y
Othman · #1949, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Barakah · #1948, 13y
Laia · #1948, 15y
Adin · #1949, 14y
Agha · #1949, 11y

Rheya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rheya without appearing here.

Rheya moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Rheya

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Rheya

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rheya

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rheya went from #4598 to #2411 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rheya

Rheya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rheya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rheya appears in

Popularity data

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Rheya at a glance

Rheya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rheya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Rheya and the names beside it

Rheya moved ahead of

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