Reeva
Feminine
Reeva is a Yiddish name written for English readers. Riva is the Yiddish and Hebrew short form of Rivka, and the doubled e is there to tell an English speaker to lengthen the first vowel.
How old is the name Reeva?
Reeva first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Reeva is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Reeva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reeva most popular?
Reeva peaked in 1915, reaching #2255 nationally. Today it ranks #2859, 604 places below that high. See the whole 1915 chart.
Where it comes from
From Rivka to Reeva
The story of Reeva
Rebecca is Isaac's wife in Genesis, met at a well and remembered as decisive in a book where women rarely get to be. Hebrew Rivka gave Yiddish Rivke and Rive, and Ashkenazi families in America wrote those sounds as Riva, Reeva and Reva. The doubled e is an English orthographic decision rather than a Yiddish one — it survives the crossing better than Riva, which an English reader may say with a short i. The American record for this spelling sits mostly in the first half of the twentieth century.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Through Rivka, whose meaning is genuinely unsettled. Readings from a root about binding or tying — a snare, a noose, or a tie of some kind — have been offered for centuries and none has carried. Some connect it to a word for a fattened animal. A separate Hebrew riva means a young woman, and it is possible the short form has been reinforced by it. Nothing is established.
How the name formed
- Rivka
- Rivke
- Riva
- Reeva
Related forms: Rivka · Rivke · Rebecca · Reva
Pronouncing Reeva
REE-vah
Two syllables, stress on the first, the opening a long ee — which is exactly what the doubled letter is for. Yiddish Rivke has a short i and two rather different vowels.
Nicknames for Reeva
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 202466 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2255reached in 1915
- Change vs 2024
- −10.6%59 in 2025, from 66
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reeva in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rivka in Hebrew — related form
- Rivke in Yiddish — related form
- Rebecca in English — related form
- Reva in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Reevas among us
people named Reeva are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 27,242 born in 2025 was named Reeva
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Reeva
- #2859
- Reeva on the 2025 chart
- #804
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Reeva went to 59 girls in 2025, but Reva is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 156, which makes it the 804th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,055 places above the chart.
- Reva97
- Reeva59
About 1 girl in 10,303 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,242 for Reeva itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Reeva sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reeva is headed
Reeva looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 24% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reeva beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reeva in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Rebecca stands behind it as a full formal name whenever one is wanted.
- Five letters and two syllables, said correctly by English speakers at first sight.
- Rooted in a living Ashkenazi tradition rather than borrowed from one.
- Its meaning is genuinely unknown, so any gloss offered for it is a guess among several.
- Reeva, Reva, Riva and Rivka all circulate and belong to slightly different registers.
- It carries a distinct early-twentieth-century American flavor.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reevas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Reeva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Reeva?
- Reeva is one of 2 recorded spellings. Reva is the more common one — 97 births in 2025 against 59 for Reeva.
- How popular is the name Reeva in 2025?
- Reeva ranks #2859 among US girl names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reeva?
- About 1 in every 27,242 US girls born in 2025 was named Reeva — 59 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reeva with classmates?
- Reeva will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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