Rees
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Given to boys 88.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1939 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,014since 1914
Rees over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,578 | 36 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | — | #2,651 | 31 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
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| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Rees! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rees is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Rees in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rees
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 56 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,143)
- 1,924 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,143)
- 1,085 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1939 at #2,050 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 4 yrs later
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 54,556
- Highest: 1 in 54,556 boys born in 2000 were named Rees (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,050 in 1939, was only 1 in 92,238 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 28.3% of all boys named Rees (287) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,491 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,175 (1923) | #3,618 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,050 (1939) | #3,247 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,656 (1941) | #3,014 |
| 1950s | 36 | #2,186 (1953) | #3,269 |
| 1960s | 45 | #2,907 (1968) | #3,549 |
| 1970s | 18 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,552 |
| 1980s | 58 | #3,618 (1989) | #5,012 |
| 1990s | 184 | #2,651 (1998) | #3,759 |
| 2000s | 287 | #2,578 (2000) | #3,482 |
| 2010s | 169 | #4,099 (2010) | #5,526 |
| 2020s | 60 | #6,143 (2025) | #8,064 |
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.
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