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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #258, 2016boys
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.

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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
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedWAIdaho: #121 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 502 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #492 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,144 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedCAUtah: #156 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 669 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #489 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,473 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedALGeorgia: #454 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,341 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Reid, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#121 · 1 in 502
  2. Utah#156 · 1 in 669
  3. Georgia#454 · 1 in 5,341
  4. North Carolina#489 · 1 in 5,473
  5. Pennsylvania#492 · 1 in 14,144

Best ever in a state: #54 in Hawaii, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#12181 in 502
Utah#15671 in 669
Georgia#45461 in 5,341
North Carolina#48961 in 5,473
Pennsylvania#49261 in 14,144
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1920

boys
#739
78 births · 1 in 13,646 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #739Reid78
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 13,646 of them was named Reid, which outranked 85.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reid
  1. #732Rowland79
  2. #732Shelton79
  3. #732Verlin79
  4. #739Reid78
  5. #739Clovis78
  6. #739Evans78
  7. #739Leeroy78
  8. #744Brooks77
  9. #744Cameron77
  10. #744Craig77

Tied with 4 names at #739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920