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Reeve

boys’ name · 80%girls’ name · 20%SteadyCompare

Reeve is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
340.00% of boys
Peak year
201650 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1913
1,144people given the name
Babies named Reeve, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

911 boys have been named Reeve in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 50 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 38%.

Reeve is used for both sexes: 20% of its bearers are girls (233), most of them born around 2017.

By decade

Decadeboys named Reeve
1910s5
1920s5
1930s6
1940s5
1950s15
1970s24
1980s31
1990s84
2000s211
2010s343
2020s182

In 2016, its biggest year

Reeve was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Reeve

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.