Meaning not yet researched.
Reed: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 770 in 2025. Its best rank was #318 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #318 in 2014; #419 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Reed in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#419 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #318.
Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for any year. Years with fewer than five babies of a sex are not published by SSA and show as zero.
Reed: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 770 boys in 2025. Peak: #318 in 2014 · most boys in one year: 1,096 (2014).
In 2025, 770 US boys were named Reed, making it the 419th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #423 in 2024. That is 23 more than the 747 boys named Reed in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #318, reached in 2014. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,096. For comparison, it was #331 in 2015 and #468 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Reed in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 8 babies. In all, 36,977 US babies have been given the name, 2.5% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,305 babies named Reed.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,876 US boys were named Reed; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 962. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,218 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Reed ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #146 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Reid (41,783 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Reed in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 38 | #146 | #301 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #193 | #209 |
| Delaware | 6 | #197 | — |
| South Dakota | 7 | #217 | #143 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #230 | #319 |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | #248 | #234 |
| Idaho | 11 | #250 | #429 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #263 | #176 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | #271 | #278 |
| Montana | 5 | #279 | — |
| Louisiana | 18 | #290 | #214 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #300 | #246 |
| Iowa | 13 | #304 | #448 |
| Maryland | 18 | #316 | #265 |
| Kansas | 12 | #320 | #209 |
| Tennessee | 28 | #322 | #251 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #323 | #208 |
| Missouri | 21 | #324 | #236 |
| Indiana | 23 | #336 | #311 |
| Ohio | 34 | #337 | #282 |
| Oregon | 12 | #345 | #316 |
| Utah | 14 | #345 | #274 |
| Virginia | 23 | #362 | #382 |
| Georgia | 26 | #438 | #311 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #483 | #379 |
| New York | 34 | #489 | #588 |
| Illinois | 20 | #508 | #295 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #509 | #325 |
| Michigan | 17 | #513 | #259 |
| Alabama | 10 | #517 | #310 |
| Washington | 14 | #524 | #410 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #532 | #344 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #535 | #505 |
| Texas | 61 | #538 | #373 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #542 | #268 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #545 | #280 |
| Colorado | 9 | #611 | #511 |
| California | 40 | #694 | #456 |
| Florida | 22 | #722 | #462 |
| Arizona | 8 | #763 | #453 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,814 | 770 | #419 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,755 | 747 | #423 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,353 | 725 | #431 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,656 | 777 | #416 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,931 | 740 | #415 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,340 | 661 | #450 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,875 | 777 | #402 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,223 | 855 | #378 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,241 | 862 | #379 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,982 | 962 | #351 |
| 2015 | 37 | #4,055 | 1,045 | #331 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,282 | 1,096 | #318 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,450 | 1,032 | #323 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,526 | 817 | #372 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,337 | 809 | #367 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,750 | 759 | #381 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,261 | 687 | #420 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,336 | 726 | #406 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,435 | 617 | #450 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,784 | 568 | #470 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,421 | 530 | #473 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,610 | 514 | #483 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,498 | 478 | #509 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,332 | 468 | #494 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,332 | 501 | #473 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,939 | 529 | #449 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,996 | 558 | #423 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,764 | 524 | #437 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,876 | 504 | #445 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,502 | 532 | #422 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,859 | 550 | #414 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,789 | 509 | #443 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,659 | 437 | #481 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,663 | 367 | #528 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,705 | 276 | #615 |
| 1990 | — | — | 238 | #656 |
| 1989 | — | — | 226 | #666 |
| 1988 | — | — | 255 | #576 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,911 | 240 | #584 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,298 | 233 | #583 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,994 | 230 | #579 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,040 | 204 | #594 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,564 | 207 | #594 |
| 1982 | — | — | 217 | #587 |
| 1981 | — | — | 196 | #610 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,677 | 198 | #621 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,878 | 141 | #731 |
| 1978 | — | — | 191 | #603 |
| 1977 | — | — | 145 | #707 |
| 1976 | — | — | 141 | #699 |
| 1975 | — | — | 129 | #732 |
| 1974 | — | — | 147 | #673 |
| 1973 | — | — | 136 | #687 |
| 1972 | — | — | 121 | #725 |
| 1971 | — | — | 129 | #728 |
| 1970 | — | — | 172 | #620 |
| 1969 | — | — | 154 | #642 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,894 | 142 | #637 |
| 1967 | — | — | 148 | #617 |
| 1966 | — | — | 153 | #601 |
| 1965 | — | — | 157 | #612 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,558 | 185 | #584 |
| 1963 | — | — | 166 | #609 |
| 1962 | — | — | 197 | #563 |
| 1961 | — | — | 179 | #590 |
| 1960 | — | — | 215 | #542 |
| 1959 | — | — | 197 | #552 |
| 1958 | — | — | 252 | #492 |
| 1957 | — | — | 283 | #459 |
| 1956 | — | — | 282 | #453 |
| 1955 | — | — | 270 | #451 |
| 1954 | — | — | 252 | #457 |
| 1953 | — | — | 263 | #440 |
| 1952 | — | — | 250 | #448 |
| 1951 | — | — | 241 | #436 |
| 1950 | — | — | 204 | #468 |
| 1949 | — | — | 268 | #414 |
| 1948 | — | — | 172 | #504 |
| 1947 | — | — | 160 | #533 |
| 1946 | — | — | 135 | #550 |
| 1945 | — | — | 112 | #575 |
| 1944 | — | — | 109 | #590 |
| 1943 | — | — | 111 | #601 |
| 1942 | — | — | 131 | #534 |
| 1941 | — | — | 96 | #619 |
| 1940 | — | — | 91 | #624 |
| 1939 | — | — | 73 | #699 |
| 1938 | — | — | 98 | #600 |
| 1937 | — | — | 67 | #749 |
| 1936 | — | — | 78 | #674 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,773 | 80 | #667 |
| 1934 | — | — | 87 | #649 |
| 1933 | — | — | 86 | #628 |
| 1932 | — | — | 89 | #642 |
| 1931 | — | — | 108 | #569 |
| 1930 | — | — | 105 | #589 |
| 1929 | — | — | 112 | #560 |
| 1928 | — | — | 120 | #559 |
| 1927 | — | — | 109 | #594 |
| 1926 | — | — | 144 | #508 |
| 1925 | — | — | 114 | #591 |
| 1924 | — | — | 108 | #614 |
| 1923 | — | — | 119 | #574 |
| 1922 | — | — | 136 | #540 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,711 | 142 | #524 |
| 1920 | — | — | 123 | #557 |
| 1919 | — | — | 104 | #592 |
| 1918 | — | — | 123 | #542 |
| 1917 | — | — | 127 | #512 |
| 1916 | — | — | 100 | #578 |
| 1915 | — | — | 101 | #567 |
| 1914 | — | — | 66 | #627 |
| 1913 | — | — | 67 | #529 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #646 |
| 1911 | — | — | 29 | #571 |
| 1910 | — | — | 30 | #519 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #706 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #625 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #613 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #538 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #519 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #558 |
| 1903 | — | — | 21 | #467 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #472 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #674 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #694 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #768 |
| 1898 | — | — | 20 | #468 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #639 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #532 |
| 1895 | — | — | 19 | #471 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #621 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #644 |
| 1892 | — | — | 15 | #536 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #627 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #558 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #576 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #520 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,079 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #919 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #696 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #787 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #685 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #689 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).