Given name & surname
Reka
“one who walks a straight line”
Reka is a variant of Rekha. One Indian interpretation is “one who walks a straight line.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reka is a variant of Rekha. One Indian interpretation is “one who walks a straight line.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reka is a variant of Rekha. An origin associated with Rekha is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 310
- 0 boys · 310 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 489 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reka’s family of names
Reka has a related form in Rekha. In Greek usage, Reka as a surname is a transliteration of Ρέκα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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