Reese
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
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
By decade
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.
- Sariyapeak 2009
- Neveahpeak 2007
- Ellahpeak 2010
- Beautifulpeak 2008
- Amarianapeak 2012
- Lilliannpeak 2009
- Jalayapeak 2010
- Zariyapeak 2011
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.