Reef

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,884
2021 · 81 births
Debut · boys
1996
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,290
since 1996

Reef over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Reef has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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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#11,9327#2,48054
2024#9,55610#2,52753
2023#13,4626#2,12968
2022#12,2437#2,29962
2021#11,1468#1,88481
2020—#2,32358
2019#15,5395#2,04271
2018#11,4278#2,44553
2017—#2,49351
2016—#2,30557
2015—#2,45751
2014—#2,37054
2013#16,5475#2,49249
2012#13,4837#2,44851
2011—#1,92772
2010—#2,10064
2009—#2,48651
2008—#2,46751
2007—#2,97439
2006—#2,54247
2005—#3,17232
2004—#3,45627
2003—#4,81516
2002—#3,55424
2001—#5,14214
2000—#6,31610
1999—#6,5309
1998—#6,3149
1997—#8,1106
1996—#7,9716
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five boys were named Reef! It came in at #7,971, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1996–1999, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Reef is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,208 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 11,836 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedGAHawaii: #66 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 245 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Reef, so not publishedTXFlorida: #608 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 3,710 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#66 · 1 in 245
  2. Florida#608 · 1 in 3,710
  3. California#1,208 · 1 in 11,836

Best ever in a state: #66 in Hawaii, 2021.

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Hawaii#66141 in 245
Florida#608251 in 3,710
California#1,208161 in 11,836
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See more about Reef
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #2,480)
  • 157 spots since 2020 (#2,323 → #2,480)
  • 23 spots since 2015 (#2,457 → #2,480)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,884 (81 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,599
  • Highest: 1 in 21,599 boys born in 2021 were named Reef (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.4% of all boys named Reef (573) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s30#6,314 (1998)#7,231
2000s311#2,467 (2008)#3,692
2010s573#1,927 (2011)#2,308
2020s376#1,884 (2021)#2,274

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.

Reef in 2021

girls
#11,146
8 births · 1 in 205,108 girls
boys
#1,884
81 births · 1 in 21,599 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #11,146Reef8

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #1,884Reef81
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 205,108 of them was named Reef, which outranked 36.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reef
  1. #10,292Zuleika9
  2. #10,292Zuli9
  3. #10,292Zuliana9
  4. #11,146Reef8
  5. #11,146Aadhyareddy8
  6. #11,146Aadriti8
  7. #11,146Aafiya8
  8. #12,206Aadhini7
  9. #12,206Aaditri7
  10. #12,206Aala7

Tied with 1,059 names at #11,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

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

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 21,599 of them was named Reef, which outranked 86.6% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reef
  1. #1,870Makoa82
  2. #1,870Merritt82
  3. #1,870Shaurya82
  4. #1,884Reef81
  5. #1,884Asad81
  6. #1,884Aziah81
  7. #1,884Breck81
  8. #1,903Alexandre80
  9. #1,903Calder80
  10. #1,903Daxtyn80

Tied with 18 names at #1,884; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021 →