Reese

#192 for girls in 2025, 1,631 births · #602 for boys in 2025, 475 births
Given to girls 69.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 2,459 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,775
since 1924

Reese over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #128, 2012peak #368, 2003girlsboys
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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#1921,631#602475
2024#1901,592#620456
2023#1741,667#632439
2022#1681,728#645428
2021#1481,890#703375
2020#1451,878#730336
2019#1591,816#759312
2018#1591,792#658384
2017#1711,754#687362
2016#1801,823#672384
2015#1721,859#703358
2014#1651,972#647407
2013#1562,061#603421
2012#1282,459#548476
2011#1312,381#543471
2010#1372,265#487533
2009#1442,236#476574
2008#1542,238#461599
2007#1502,347#457603
2006#1612,187#431643
2005#2371,413#404699
2004#2591,241#389698
2003#312996#368709
2002#465614#387675
2001#783303#393646
2000#885249#418592
1999#1,143171#458500
1998#1,99275#547365
1997#2,48152#675241
1996#2,90141#732209
1995#11,7836#734214
1994#7,60411#779185
1993#10,5887#790179
1992#8,7349#798171
1991—#920131
1990—#893132
1989—#878131
1988—#938105
1987—#1,01687
1986—#98388
1985—#97088
1984—#1,25154
1983—#1,37546
1982—#1,27853
1981—#1,37347
1980—#1,27253
1979—#1,53238
1978—#1,39344
1977—#1,19854
1976—#1,23849
1975—#1,37840
1974—#1,10955
1973—#1,40036
1972—#1,17748
1971—#1,10954
1970—#95970
1969—#1,15246
1968—#88466
1967—#86768
1966—#80981
1965—#94860
1964—#1,12646
1963—#1,19542
1962—#1,02855
1961—#1,10850
1960—#1,17844
1959#6,2455#1,09050
1958—#1,10448
1957—#96662
1956—#97758
1955—#1,00256
1954—#1,08248
1953—#1,03349
1952—#1,09444
1951—#1,19537
1950—#97351
1949—#95852
1948—#1,09142
1947—#1,17638
1946—#1,07641
1945—#1,16332
1944—#1,03840
1943—#92352
1942—#1,05441
1941—#1,33325
1940—#1,13534
1939—#1,07036
1938—#1,07636
1937—#96742
1936—#1,14233
1935—#1,12334
1934—#1,21330
1933—#1,28127
1932—#1,03541
1931—#1,07839
1930—#1,11639
1929—#1,09440
1928—#91354
1927—#99050
1926—#96350
1925—#1,02245
1924#4,4346#90759
1923—#87361
1922—#1,01049
1921—#84966
1920—#1,04544
1919—#94950
1918—#99645
1917—#90050
1916—#87752
1915—#89348
1914—#83641
1913—#95027
1912—#97022
1911—#85615
1910—#55626
1909—#84012
1908—#68515
1907—#9998
1906—#9278
1905—#66613
1904—#72311
1903—#1,1305
1902—#65112
1901—#7279
1900—#83610
1899—#7868
1898—#7449
1897—#51515
1896—#8268
1895—#7958
1894—#7309
1893—#57212
1892—#64111
1891—#56411
1890——
1889—#46416
1888—#8157
1887——
1886—#60510
1885—#7008
1884—#61310
1883—#6778
1882—#6918
1881—#6538
1880—#8096
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 1956

No state had 5 or more girls named Reese in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Reese
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#190 → #192)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#145 → #192)
  • 20 spots since 2015 (#172 → #192)
  • Biggest jump: 318 spots in 2002 (#783 → #465)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2013 (#128 → #156)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
1930s0——
1940s0——
1950s5#6,245 (1959)#6,245
1960s0——
1970s0——
1980s0——
1990s372#1,143 (1999)#5,903
2000s13,824#144 (2009)#355
2010s20,182#128 (2012)#156
2020s10,386#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.

Reese in 1956

boys
#977
58 births · 1 in 36,471 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #977Reese58
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 36,471 of them was named Reese, which outranked 78.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reese
  1. #969Renaldo59
  2. #969Renard59
  3. #969Richie59
  4. #977Reese58
  5. #977Aldo58
  6. #977Aron58
  7. #977Eldridge58
  8. #986Adan57
  9. #986Arlin57
  10. #986Bartholomew57

Tied with 8 names at #977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →