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Reese

girls’ name · 69%boys’ name · 31%Steady · modern nameCompare

Reese is ranked 190th among girls in 2024 (1,589 births). Its best rank was 128th, in 2012.

Rank in 2024
#190down 16 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,5890.10% of girls
Peak year
20122,459 births
Best rank
#128in 2012
Since 1924
62,268people given the name
Babies named Reese, by year of birthgirlsboys
06251.3k1.9k2.5k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

43,139 girls have been named Reese in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 2,459 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 165 → 190).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Reese is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (19,129), most of them born around 2003.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Reese
1920s6
1950s5
1990s372
2000s13,824
2010s20,182
2020s8,750

In 2012, its biggest year

Reese was the 128th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.

Names that rose and fell with Reese

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.