Reid

#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · #293 for boys in 2025, 1,150 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2016 · 1,396 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
40,791
since 1886

Reid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Reid has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #258, 2016boys
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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#4,17234#2931,150
2024#4,47331#3001,120
2023#3,91138#3151,060
2022#3,76540#3251,040
2021#4,24533#2991,109
2020#3,49843#3161,048
2019#4,77328#2921,180
2018#3,67741#2881,223
2017#3,62742#2881,246
2016#4,15735#2581,396
2015#4,23234#2781,339
2014#4,45532#2601,432
2013#4,00237#2591,373
2012#4,60131#2921,206
2011#6,56419#2971,123
2010#4,73530#2911,145
2009#5,70924#348903
2008#6,13022#360865
2007#6,32321#424679
2006#5,38325#420683
2005#5,99920#424627
2004#5,06225#442589
2003#5,79520#459550
2002#6,69816#446551
2001#4,32128#451537
2000#6,80815#437545
1999#4,87022#446513
1998#5,12320#423548
1997#4,37024#452486
1996#3,50532#440508
1995#3,67029#384614
1994#3,30234#430530
1993#4,25724#480439
1992#7,06712#455482
1991—#524367
1990—#544339
1989#12,3625#552308
1988—#500335
1987#11,3255#487330
1986#10,9125#522291
1985#9,3076#505298
1984—#496288
1983—#495290
1982—#531259
1981—#536244
1980—#595212
1979—#630185
1978—#602192
1977—#732136
1976—#666151
1975—#629165
1974—#627164
1973—#723124
1972—#635155
1971—#652158
1970—#563207
1969#7,4715#623159
1968—#696118
1967—#640135
1966—#668123
1965—#681119
1964—#647144
1963—#636152
1962#6,5785#683129
1961—#654144
1960—#683132
1959—#618157
1958—#595169
1957—#561189
1956—#547192
1955—#535189
1954—#540179
1953—#504192
1952—#495203
1951—#537159
1950—#570142
1949—#542151
1948—#643110
1947—#624120
1946—#67193
1945—#74368
1944—#76167
1943—#73278
1942—#75572
1941—#78663
1940—#77064
1939—#91646
1938—#89749
1937—#86950
1936—#85351
1935—#88151
1934—#88151
1933—#96143
1932—#85256
1931—#91050
1930—#86558
1929—#96049
1928—#75273
1927—#78670
1926—#82564
1925—#73978
1924—#69688
1923—#73379
1922—#70985
1921—#85665
1920—#73978
1919—#76671
1918—#90953
1917—#86454
1916—#1,04338
1915—#95243
1914—#94934
1913—#96926
1912—#83528
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,4216
1909—#1,0209
1908—#9469
1907—#9309
1906—#1,0047
1905—#1,2335
1904—#8748
1903—#8468
1902——
1901—#7798
1900—#9688
1899——
1898—#8048
1897—#7878
1896—#9007
1895—#64011
1894—#54314
1893——
1892—#7489
1891——
1890—#8147
1889——
1888—#1,0315
1887——
1886—#8456
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Reid! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Reid is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Reid
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#300 → #293)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#316 → #293)
  • 15 spots since 2015 (#278 → #293)
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1912 (#1,190 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
130 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2016 at #258 (1,396 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 127 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1917–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,341
  • Highest: 1 in 1,341 boys born in 2014 were named Reid (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,485 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #258 in 2016, was only 1 in 1,359 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.0% of all boys named Reid (12,663) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#845 (1886)#938
1890s64#543 (1894)#748
1900s71#779 (1901)#956
1910s362#766 (1919)#990
1920s729#696 (1924)#780
1930s505#852 (1932)#889
1940s886#542 (1949)#703
1950s1,771#495 (1952)#550
1960s1,355#623 (1969)#661
1970s1,637#563 (1970)#646
1980s2,855#487 (1987)#522
1990s4,826#384 (1995)#458
2000s6,529#348 (2009)#421
2010s12,663#258 (2016)#280
2020s6,527#293 (2025)#308

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.

Reid in 1897

boys
#787
8 births · 1 in 14,095 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #787Reid8
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 14,095 of them was named Reid, which outranked 36.0% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reid
  1. #725Vaughn9
  2. #725Walton9
  3. #725Young9
  4. #787Reid8
  5. #787Addison8
  6. #787Adolf8
  7. #787Alto8
  8. #852Alma7
  9. #852Antoine7
  10. #852Arvid7

Tied with 64 names at #787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

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

See the top 100 for 1897 →