Rhea: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced REE-uh · 2 syllables

From Ancient Greek (Rhea).

How popular is Rhea?

Rhea was the #639 name in the US in 2025, given to 452 babies. It’s rising: up 117% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Rhea in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Rhea are older than 44; most are between 19 and 82. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Rhea have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Rhea is pronounced REE-uh.

Rhea was the #639 name in the US in 2025, given to 452 babies. It’s rising: up 117% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Rhea are older than 44. Most are between 19 and 82.