Reece

#1,144 for girls in 2025, 202 births · #460 for boys in 2025, 675 births
Given to boys 81.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#344
2001 · 798 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,968
since 1880

Reece over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #983, 2009peak #344, 2001girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,144202#460675
2024#1,429155#455686
2023#1,324171#449688
2022#1,659127#530563
2021#1,612130#577485
2020#1,533138#588470
2019#1,598133#575484
2018#1,488147#600455
2017#1,422160#592461
2016#1,345176#579478
2015#1,326179#570492
2014#1,147217#541512
2013#1,092225#519511
2012#1,227198#483558
2011#1,117221#440617
2010#1,197202#436631
2009#983269#430654
2008#1,070244#414716
2007#1,041253#425676
2006#1,102227#412700
2005#1,093218#372780
2004#1,058219#390695
2003#1,191180#358757
2002#1,288152#350779
2001#1,726104#344798
2000#1,719102#387661
1999#1,99978#416564
1998#2,97343#464485
1997#3,36534#602293
1996#3,83128#653256
1995#7,51411#643260
1994#11,7786#655252
1993—#699220
1992—#699216
1991—#797167
1990—#790165
1989—#848140
1988—#765152
1987—#870115
1986—#877107
1985—#1,13367
1984—#1,29451
1983—#1,47042
1982—#1,53940
1981—#1,81131
1980—#1,52440
1979—#1,71133
1978—#2,66916
1977—#1,78029
1976—#1,82827
1975—#2,00123
1974—#2,35817
1973—#1,54831
1972—#1,41836
1971—#1,41536
1970—#1,39636
1969—#1,49229
1968—#1,39331
1967—#1,57324
1966—#1,19439
1965—#1,33533
1964—#1,65523
1963—#1,69522
1962—#1,85219
1961—#1,77821
1960—#1,48629
1959—#1,46729
1958—#1,48328
1957—#1,41131
1956—#1,53226
1955—#1,50326
1954—#1,62822
1953—#1,24536
1952—#1,51725
1951—#1,64321
1950—#1,49924
1949—#1,61621
1948—#1,28032
1947—#1,29732
1946—#1,25731
1945—#1,22729
1944—#1,17332
1943—#1,63619
1942—#1,31628
1941—#1,37224
1940—#1,28827
1939—#1,16831
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,37224
1936—#1,11834
1935—#1,02039
1934—#1,05938
1933—#1,09436
1932—#1,17533
1931—#98345
1930—#1,25932
1929—#1,09440
1928—#1,00347
1927—#1,11241
1926—#1,03445
1925—#1,10840
1924—#1,02048
1923—#1,08743
1922—#99151
1921—#1,08642
1920—#1,20836
1919—#1,06341
1918—#1,09439
1917—#99743
1916—#86453
1915—#96242
1914—#1,22123
1913—#1,02324
1912—#1,05919
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,04510
1909—#95110
1908—#1,1137
1907—#1,3455
1906—#1,0047
1905—#1,0916
1904——
1903—#9107
1902—#9337
1901—#1,0585
1900—#1,1626
1899——
1898—#1,0026
1897——
1896——
1895—#1,0795
1894——
1893—#1,0355
1892—#1,0665
1891—#9635
1890——
1889——
1888—#8157
1887—#6319
1886——
1885—#6419
1884—#8486
1883—#59710
1882—#8376
1881—#5959
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Reece was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Reece
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#455 → #460)
  • 128 spots since 2020 (#588 → #460)
  • 110 spots since 2015 (#570 → #460)
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1881 (#909 → #595)
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1884 (#597 → #848)
Rise & fade · boys
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #344 (798 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,435
  • Highest: 1 in 2,435 boys born in 2001 were named Reece (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,530 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.8% of all boys named Reece (7,216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s61#595 (1881)#734
1890s26#963 (1891)#1,029
1900s60#910 (1903)#1,063
1910s305#864 (1916)#1,037
1920s433#991 (1922)#1,074
1930s341#983 (1931)#1,147
1940s275#1,173 (1944)#1,346
1950s268#1,245 (1953)#1,493
1960s270#1,194 (1966)#1,545
1970s284#1,396 (1970)#1,812
1980s785#765 (1988)#1,213
1990s2,878#416 (1999)#642
2000s7,216#344 (2001)#388
2010s5,199#436 (2010)#534
2020s3,567#449 (2023)#510

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Reece in 1989

boys
#848
140 births · 1 in 14,292 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #848Reece140
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 14,292 of them was named Reece, which outranked 90.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reece
  1. #839Rocco142
  2. #846Cornell141
  3. #846Niko141
  4. #848Reece140
  5. #848Antony140
  6. #848Elizabeth140
  7. #848Kai140
  8. #853Andreas139
  9. #853Camron139
  10. #853Tyron139

Tied with 4 names at #848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →