Rea

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rea: Recorded since 1996, it reached #384 in 2006, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#384highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#891
1997	#983
1998	#1392
1999	#864
2000	#1058
2001	#1359
2002	#1192
2003	#1129
2004	#1312
2005	#1934
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#1641
2009	#4564
2010	#2589
2012	#3681
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2015	#3615
2016	#2966
2017	#2341
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#1866
2022	#2058
2023	#1863
2024	#1894

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2966 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #891 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rea 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 Rea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	83	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
2010s	65	9 of 10	7
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Rea appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Rea'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#864	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#891	24	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #384, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

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The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Ashlyn · #384, 29y
Taha · #384, 30y
Kaiya · #383, 28y
Layan · #383, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ashlyn · #384, 29y
Ceili · #384, 13y
Morven · #384, 19y
Subhan · #384, 29y

Rea was ranked #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rea 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 Rea without appearing here.

Rea moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Rea

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Clodagh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1641 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #1909.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1312 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #951.

Moved the opposite way to Rea

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rea

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rea went from #891 to #1894 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rea

Rea at a glance

What the data shows

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Rea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rea at a glance

Rea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rea moved ahead of

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