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How popular is the name Rhea?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rheas are alive today.
Rhea (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Ria in England and Wales, ranked 388th in 2025 with 109 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 130 babies were given the name, the 333rd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 570 in 2015 before climbing back to the 388th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ria you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Rias born in England and Wales are between 13 and 28, and there are at least 8,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Ria.
How many babies are named Rhea each year?
Includes all spellings: Rhea, Rhia, Ria. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rhea spelling rank?
Where does the Rhia spelling rank?
Where does the Ria spelling rank?
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 Rhea most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ria, peaked in 2004, when 400 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rhea spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 130 babies.
How many people are called Rhea?
At least 8,900 people named Rhea in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rhea?
Most living Rheas are between 13 and 28; the most common age is about 21.
Is Rhea becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.