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Rhea
Pronounced /ˈɹiː.ə/
Rank in 2024
#615
Born in 2024
484
Peak year
2023 · #526
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 484 girls were named Rhea, about 1 in every 3,333.
- It peaked in 2023 with 577 babies, ranked #526.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 19,281 girls have been named Rhea since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rhea per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,120 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 1,993 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,335 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,613 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,909 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,057 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,610 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Internationalism. Learned borrowing from Latin Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa). The origin of the Ancient Greek name is disputed. Suggested explanations connect it with ἔρα (éra, “ground, earth”) or ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, stream”), while a Pre-Greek or Minoan origin has also been proposed. The moon of Saturn was discovered by Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1672. Its present name, after the mythological Rhea, was proposed by John Herschel in 1847 as part of his naming scheme for Saturn's moons. The asteroid 577 Rhea is likewise named after the mythological Rhea.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈɹiː.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rhea, CC BY-SA 4.0.