Reece

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

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
2001 · 798 births
Debut · boys
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #983, 2009peak #344, 2001girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1997

girls
#3,365
34 births · 1 in 51,197 girls
boys
#602
293 births · 1 in 6,434 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #3,365Reece34

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #602Reece293
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 51,197 of them was named Reece, which outranked 79.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reece
  1. #3,302Tate35
  2. #3,302Torey35
  3. #3,302Vickie35
  4. #3,365Reece34
  5. #3,365Adelaida34
  6. #3,365Adora34
  7. #3,365Adrionna34
  8. #3,448Abygail33
  9. #3,448Airiana33
  10. #3,448Ajanae33

Tied with 82 names at #3,365; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 6,434 of them was named Reece, which outranked 94.4% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reece
  1. #599Agustin295
  2. #599Kareem295
  3. #599Norman295
  4. #602Reece293
  5. #602Daryl293
  6. #602Freddy293
  7. #605Ahmed292
  8. #605Camden292
  9. #605Dexter292

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997