Reka
Reka is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Reka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Reka is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Reka
American parents first put Reka on the record books as a baby girl name in 1889, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 13 Rekas were born — ranking #6,588 that year. Reka last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 310 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Reka
Reka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 310 births in the dataset. Reka's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #6,588. Use the chart and map above to compare Reka's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.