Reed
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #417 for boys in 2025, 770 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 1,096 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,056since 1881
Reed over time
Rank among boys' names. Reed has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #417 | 770 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | #422 | 747 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #430 | 725 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #415 | 777 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | #415 | 740 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | #450 | 661 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #402 | 777 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #376 | 855 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #379 | 862 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #351 | 962 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #330 | 1,045 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #318 | 1,096 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | #322 | 1,032 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #371 | 817 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #367 | 809 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #381 | 759 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #419 | 687 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #405 | 726 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #450 | 617 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #470 | 568 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #472 | 530 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #483 | 514 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #508 | 478 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #493 | 468 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #472 | 501 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #449 | 529 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #423 | 558 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #437 | 524 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #445 | 504 |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | #422 | 532 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #414 | 550 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | #442 | 509 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | #481 | 437 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #528 | 367 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #615 | 276 |
| 1990 | — | #655 | 238 | |
| 1989 | — | #666 | 226 | |
| 1988 | — | #576 | 255 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #584 | 240 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #582 | 233 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #578 | 230 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #592 | 204 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #592 | 207 |
| 1982 | — | #586 | 217 | |
| 1981 | — | #610 | 196 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #620 | 198 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #729 | 141 |
| 1978 | — | #603 | 191 | |
| 1977 | — | #706 | 145 | |
| 1976 | — | #697 | 141 | |
| 1975 | — | #730 | 129 | |
| 1974 | — | #668 | 147 | |
| 1973 | — | #683 | 136 | |
| 1972 | — | #724 | 121 | |
| 1971 | — | #727 | 129 | |
| 1970 | — | #619 | 172 | |
| 1969 | — | #641 | 154 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #637 | 142 |
| 1967 | — | #615 | 148 | |
| 1966 | — | #601 | 153 | |
| 1965 | — | #610 | 157 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #581 | 185 |
| 1963 | — | #609 | 166 | |
| 1962 | — | #563 | 197 | |
| 1961 | — | #590 | 179 | |
| 1960 | — | #542 | 215 | |
| 1959 | — | #552 | 197 | |
| 1958 | — | #492 | 252 | |
| 1957 | — | #459 | 283 | |
| 1956 | — | #451 | 282 | |
| 1955 | — | #451 | 270 | |
| 1954 | — | #457 | 252 | |
| 1953 | — | #438 | 263 | |
| 1952 | — | #448 | 250 | |
| 1951 | — | #435 | 241 | |
| 1950 | — | #468 | 204 | |
| 1949 | — | #412 | 268 | |
| 1948 | — | #503 | 172 | |
| 1947 | — | #532 | 160 | |
| 1946 | — | #548 | 135 | |
| 1945 | — | #572 | 112 | |
| 1944 | — | #589 | 109 | |
| 1943 | — | #600 | 111 | |
| 1942 | — | #532 | 131 | |
| 1941 | — | #613 | 96 | |
| 1940 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1939 | — | #695 | 73 | |
| 1938 | — | #597 | 98 | |
| 1937 | — | #742 | 67 | |
| 1936 | — | #669 | 78 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #663 | 80 |
| 1934 | — | #642 | 87 | |
| 1933 | — | #624 | 86 | |
| 1932 | — | #632 | 89 | |
| 1931 | — | #565 | 108 | |
| 1930 | — | #584 | 105 | |
| 1929 | — | #557 | 112 | |
| 1928 | — | #558 | 120 | |
| 1927 | — | #592 | 109 | |
| 1926 | — | #506 | 144 | |
| 1925 | — | #588 | 114 | |
| 1924 | — | #613 | 108 | |
| 1923 | — | #572 | 119 | |
| 1922 | — | #537 | 136 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #521 | 142 |
| 1920 | — | #551 | 123 | |
| 1919 | — | #587 | 104 | |
| 1918 | — | #541 | 123 | |
| 1917 | — | #509 | 127 | |
| 1916 | — | #574 | 100 | |
| 1915 | — | #562 | 101 | |
| 1914 | — | #622 | 66 | |
| 1913 | — | #523 | 67 | |
| 1912 | — | #635 | 43 | |
| 1911 | — | #562 | 29 | |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #591 | 18 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Reed! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Reed
- 5 spots since 2024 (#422 → #417)
- 33 spots since 2020 (#450 → #417)
- 87 spots since 2015 (#330 → #417)
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1888 (#921 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1899 (#452 → #714)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2014 at #318 (1,096 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,753 boys born in 2014 were named Reed (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,218 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 25.0% of all boys named Reed (9,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #505 (1888) | #718 |
| 1890s | 137 | #452 (1898) | #562 |
| 1900s | 175 | #451 (1903) | #568 |
| 1910s | 790 | #509 (1917) | #563 |
| 1920s | 1,227 | #506 (1926) | #560 |
| 1930s | 871 | #565 (1931) | #641 |
| 1940s | 1,385 | #412 (1949) | #552 |
| 1950s | 2,494 | #435 (1951) | #465 |
| 1960s | 1,696 | #542 (1960) | #599 |
| 1970s | 1,452 | #603 (1978) | #689 |
| 1980s | 2,206 | #576 (1988) | #599 |
| 1990s | 4,495 | #414 (1995) | #486 |
| 2000s | 5,618 | #405 (2008) | #462 |
| 2010s | 9,014 | #318 (2014) | #360 |
| 2020s | 4,420 | #415 (2022) | #425 |
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.
Reed in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 46,632 of them was named Reed, which outranked 79.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,849Zamaya39
- #3,849Zyon39
- #3,849Zyra39
- #3,923Reed38
- #3,923Aasiyah38
- #3,923Adalena38
- #3,923Adi38
- #3,996Adriel37
- #3,996Amyia37
- #3,996Anaelle37
Tied with 72 names at #3,923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,973 of them was named Reed, which outranked 97.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.