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Reatha

Recorded 1893–1993 · United States

Reatha was most popular in 1927, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,582 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,624 people named Reatha.

Most popular in1927
Rank that year#1,582
Births that year72
Total since 18802,624
Given to100% girls
Alive today~921
Median age74

Reatha over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Reatha’s peak in 1927. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Reatha?

Reatha first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 83 of the 133 years since. It was last recorded in 1993.

How many people are named Reatha?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,624 American births named Reatha between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 921 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Reatha in 2025?

Reatha was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Reatha a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Reatha is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,624 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Reatha?

Roughly 921 Americans named Reatha are alive today — 35% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 74 years old, and half are between 67 and 81.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Reatha is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org