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How popular is the name Rea?
Births per year, rank history and how many Reas are alive today.
Rea (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Rae in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 25 babies were given the name, the 864th most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 36% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rae you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Raes born in England and Wales are between 5 and 20, and there are at least 3,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rae - on average, only one in every 105 such rooms contains a Rae.
How many babies are named Rea each year?
Includes all spellings: Rea, Rae, Raye, Rei, Rey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rea spelling rank?
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rea most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Rae, peaked in 2021, when 229 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rea spelling itself peaked in 1999, with 25 babies.
How many people are called Rea?
At least 3,000 people named Rea in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rea?
Most living Reas are between 5 and 20; the most common age is about 5.
Is Rea becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.