Reese
- #192 for girls in 2025, 1,631 births
- #602 for boys in 2025, 475 births
- Given to girls 69.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 2,459 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,775since 1924
Reese over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #192 | 1,631 | #602 | 475 |
| 2024 | #190 | 1,592 | #620 | 456 |
| 2023 | #174 | 1,667 | #632 | 439 |
| 2022 | #168 | 1,728 | #645 | 428 |
| 2021 | #148 | 1,890 | #703 | 375 |
| 2020 | #145 | 1,878 | #730 | 336 |
| 2019 | #159 | 1,816 | #759 | 312 |
| 2018 | #159 | 1,792 | #658 | 384 |
| 2017 | #171 | 1,754 | #687 | 362 |
| 2016 | #180 | 1,823 | #672 | 384 |
| 2015 | #172 | 1,859 | #703 | 358 |
| 2014 | #165 | 1,972 | #647 | 407 |
| 2013 | #156 | 2,061 | #603 | 421 |
| 2012 | #128 | 2,459 | #548 | 476 |
| 2011 | #131 | 2,381 | #543 | 471 |
| 2010 | #137 | 2,265 | #487 | 533 |
| 2009 | #144 | 2,236 | #476 | 574 |
| 2008 | #154 | 2,238 | #461 | 599 |
| 2007 | #150 | 2,347 | #457 | 603 |
| 2006 | #161 | 2,187 | #431 | 643 |
| 2005 | #237 | 1,413 | #404 | 699 |
| 2004 | #259 | 1,241 | #389 | 698 |
| 2003 | #312 | 996 | #368 | 709 |
| 2002 | #465 | 614 | #387 | 675 |
| 2001 | #783 | 303 | #393 | 646 |
| 2000 | #885 | 249 | #418 | 592 |
| 1999 | #1,143 | 171 | #458 | 500 |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 | #547 | 365 |
| 1997 | #2,481 | 52 | #675 | 241 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #732 | 209 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #734 | 214 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #779 | 185 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #790 | 179 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #798 | 171 |
| 1991 | — | #920 | 131 | |
| 1990 | — | #893 | 132 | |
| 1989 | — | #878 | 131 | |
| 1988 | — | #938 | 105 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,016 | 87 | |
| 1986 | — | #983 | 88 | |
| 1985 | — | #970 | 88 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,251 | 54 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,278 | 53 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,373 | 47 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,393 | 44 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,198 | 54 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,378 | 40 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,109 | 55 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,109 | 54 | |
| 1970 | — | #959 | 70 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1968 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1967 | — | #867 | 68 | |
| 1966 | — | #809 | 81 | |
| 1965 | — | #948 | 60 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,028 | 55 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,108 | 50 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,090 | 50 |
| 1958 | — | #1,104 | 48 | |
| 1957 | — | #966 | 62 | |
| 1956 | — | #977 | 58 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,002 | 56 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #973 | 51 | |
| 1949 | — | #958 | 52 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,091 | 42 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,176 | 38 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,038 | 40 | |
| 1943 | — | #923 | 52 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,054 | 41 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #967 | 42 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,142 | 33 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,116 | 39 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #990 | 50 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,022 | 45 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #907 | 59 |
| 1923 | — | #873 | 61 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,010 | 49 | |
| 1921 | — | #849 | 66 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #900 | 50 | |
| 1916 | — | #877 | 52 | |
| 1915 | — | #893 | 48 | |
| 1914 | — | #836 | 41 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Reese! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Reese is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Delaware#98 · 1 in 282
- Idaho#101 · 1 in 358
- New Hampshire#111 · 1 in 345
- Maine#116 · 1 in 346
- North Dakota#117 · 1 in 338
Best ever in a state: #31 in Wyoming, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #98 | 8 | 1 in 282 |
| Idaho | #101 | 20 | 1 in 358 |
| New Hampshire | #111 | 11 | 1 in 345 |
| Maine | #116 | 9 | 1 in 346 |
| North Dakota | #117 | 8 | 1 in 338 |
| Nebraska | #120 | 18 | 1 in 394 |
| Oklahoma | #128 | 28 | 1 in 528 |
| Tennessee | #129 | 57 | 1 in 563 |
| Ohio | #130 | 84 | 1 in 563 |
| Colorado | #131 | 41 | 1 in 569 |
| Kansas | #136 | 23 | 1 in 513 |
| Maryland | #136 | 34 | 1 in 588 |
| Connecticut | #137 | 22 | 1 in 523 |
| Iowa | #138 | 23 | 1 in 512 |
| Arkansas | #139 | 21 | 1 in 504 |
| South Dakota | #139 | 8 | 1 in 381 |
| Utah | #139 | 32 | 1 in 534 |
| Louisiana | #140 | 30 | 1 in 546 |
| Illinois | #147 | 67 | 1 in 662 |
| Massachusetts | #149 | 38 | 1 in 632 |
| Missouri | #152 | 40 | 1 in 607 |
| Pennsylvania | #156 | 71 | 1 in 658 |
| Michigan | #162 | 53 | 1 in 674 |
| Minnesota | #171 | 31 | 1 in 693 |
| South Carolina | #178 | 26 | 1 in 703 |
| Wisconsin | #179 | 30 | 1 in 675 |
| Georgia | #181 | 57 | 1 in 793 |
| West Virginia | #181 | 9 | 1 in 564 |
| New Jersey | #186 | 44 | 1 in 807 |
| Virginia | #192 | 43 | 1 in 785 |
| North Carolina | #200 | 54 | 1 in 861 |
| Alabama | #201 | 22 | 1 in 833 |
| Kentucky | #216 | 21 | 1 in 821 |
| Indiana | #218 | 32 | 1 in 872 |
| Mississippi | #218 | 12 | 1 in 742 |
| Washington | #220 | 33 | 1 in 875 |
| Texas | #231 | 151 | 1 in 1,063 |
| New York | #249 | 68 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Florida | #259 | 73 | 1 in 1,189 |
| Arizona | #264 | 27 | 1 in 1,045 |
| California | #289 | 112 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Reese
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 47 spots since 2020 (#145 → #192)
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 2002
- Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2012 at #128 (2,459 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 716
- Highest: 1 in 716 girls born in 2012 were named Reese (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 985 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 45.1% of all girls named Reese (20,182) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
- Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,434 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #6,245 (1959) | #6,245 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 372 | #1,143 (1999) | #5,903 |
| 2000s | 13,824 | #144 (2009) | #355 |
| 2010s | 20,182 | #128 (2012) | #156 |
| 2020s | 10,386 | #145 (2020) | #170 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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