Reba

Reba: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “to tie, to bind”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: REE-buh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Rebecca via the short form Reba. Rebecca comes from Hebrew Rivqah, whose meaning is traditionally interpreted as 'to tie' or 'to bind'.

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How popular is Reba?

20246.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Reba in 202420

Peak year1909

Total US babies since 188035,481

Reba is steady now but far below its 1909 peak.

Names like Reba

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Rebeccato bind, tie · Hebrew
Rivkato tie, bind · Hebrew
Rebekahto tie; bind · Hebrew
Rebecato bind, tie · Hebrew
Rivkyto tie, bind · Hebrew
Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew

Reba questions

What does the name Reba mean?

Reba means "to tie, to bind". It comes from Hebrew. Usually treated as a variant of Rebecca via the short form Reba. Rebecca comes from Hebrew Rivqah, whose meaning is traditionally interpreted as 'to tie' or 'to bind'.

Is Reba a boy or girl name?

Reba is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Reba?

20 US babies were named Reba in 2024. Its peak year was 1909.

How do you pronounce Reba?

Reba is usually pronounced REE-buh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.