Reya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 111 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Reya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2023 | #952 |
| 2024 | #884 |
Reya by the numbers
In 2025, 111 babies in England and Wales were named Reya. In the US, 145 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 176 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Reya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Reya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rayaqueen or princess547 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reynaqueen; a variant of Reina453 in the US (2017)
- Reyking; a form of Reyes377 in the US (2017)
- Riyathe singer48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Renapeace; short form of irene or serena80 in the US (2017)
- Revariver; based on Sanskrit reva61 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Reya
Names that are said the same way as Reya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Reya
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