Meaning not yet researched.
Reid: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,150 in 2025. Its best rank was #259 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #259 in 2016; #293 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Reid in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#293 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #259.
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Reid: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,150 boys in 2025. Peak: #259 in 2016 · most boys in one year: 1,432 (2014).
In 2025, 1,150 US boys were named Reid, making it the 293rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 7 places from #300 in 2024. That is 30 more than the 1,120 boys named Reid in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #259, reached in 2016. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,432, in 2014. For comparison, it was #278 in 2015 and #570 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Reid in 134 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 6 babies. In all, 41,783 US babies have been given the name, 2.4% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 12,992 babies named Reid.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,572 US boys were named Reid; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,396. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,485 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Reid ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #105 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Reed (36,977 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Red, Read and Riad are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Red (396), Read (308), Riad (231), Reade (141), Redd (138), Ryad (16), Reyad (16), Reide (15), Reyd (5).
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 Reid 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 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 8 | #105 | — |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #126 | #153 |
| Louisiana | 38 | #135 | #139 |
| Montana | 8 | #168 | #280 |
| Minnesota | 37 | #181 | #162 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | #191 | #192 |
| Maine | 7 | #196 | #157 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #197 | — |
| Delaware | 6 | #198 | #171 |
| Virginia | 44 | #201 | #198 |
| North Carolina | 61 | #206 | #208 |
| Michigan | 49 | #207 | #187 |
| Oregon | 21 | #208 | #485 |
| Indiana | 38 | #222 | #202 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #224 | #196 |
| Missouri | 30 | #243 | #215 |
| Kentucky | 23 | #244 | #281 |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | #246 | #198 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | #272 | #233 |
| Ohio | 44 | #281 | #201 |
| Maryland | 20 | #282 | #234 |
| Illinois | 39 | #286 | #214 |
| New Jersey | 31 | #290 | #450 |
| Kansas | 13 | #293 | #222 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #295 | #240 |
| Utah | 17 | #298 | #500 |
| Georgia | 40 | #313 | #297 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #319 | #256 |
| Tennessee | 28 | #323 | #326 |
| New York | 56 | #324 | #390 |
| Iowa | 12 | #327 | #195 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #341 | #269 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | #347 | #282 |
| Arkansas | 10 | #349 | #266 |
| Alabama | 16 | #354 | #233 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #362 | #326 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #373 | #129 |
| Colorado | 17 | #381 | #282 |
| Florida | 50 | #391 | #321 |
| Washington | 18 | #420 | #411 |
| Texas | 79 | #429 | #344 |
| Arizona | 15 | #482 | #589 |
| California | 60 | #515 | #417 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,253 | 1,150 | #293 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,544 | 1,120 | #300 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,969 | 1,060 | #315 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,810 | 1,040 | #325 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,305 | 1,109 | #299 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,533 | 1,048 | #316 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,876 | 1,180 | #292 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,726 | 1,223 | #288 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,682 | 1,246 | #288 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,222 | 1,396 | #259 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,284 | 1,339 | #278 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,531 | 1,432 | #261 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,069 | 1,373 | #259 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,685 | 1,206 | #292 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,793 | 1,123 | #297 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,837 | 1,145 | #291 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,853 | 903 | #348 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,312 | 865 | #360 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,503 | 679 | #424 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,512 | 683 | #420 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,188 | 627 | #425 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,179 | 589 | #443 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,994 | 550 | #459 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,971 | 551 | #446 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,417 | 537 | #451 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,076 | 545 | #437 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,997 | 513 | #448 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,307 | 548 | #423 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,483 | 486 | #453 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,552 | 508 | #443 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,754 | 614 | #384 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,360 | 530 | #432 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,349 | 439 | #480 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,405 | 482 | #455 |
| 1991 | — | — | 367 | #524 |
| 1990 | — | — | 339 | #545 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,952 | 308 | #552 |
| 1988 | — | — | 335 | #500 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,741 | 330 | #488 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,316 | 291 | #522 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,310 | 298 | #505 |
| 1984 | — | — | 288 | #498 |
| 1983 | — | — | 290 | #495 |
| 1982 | — | — | 259 | #531 |
| 1981 | — | — | 244 | #537 |
| 1980 | — | — | 212 | #596 |
| 1979 | — | — | 185 | #631 |
| 1978 | — | — | 192 | #602 |
| 1977 | — | — | 136 | #734 |
| 1976 | — | — | 151 | #669 |
| 1975 | — | — | 165 | #629 |
| 1974 | — | — | 164 | #627 |
| 1973 | — | — | 124 | #726 |
| 1972 | — | — | 155 | #637 |
| 1971 | — | — | 158 | #655 |
| 1970 | — | — | 207 | #565 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,376 | 159 | #626 |
| 1968 | — | — | 118 | #698 |
| 1967 | — | — | 135 | #643 |
| 1966 | — | — | 123 | #670 |
| 1965 | — | — | 119 | #683 |
| 1964 | — | — | 144 | #648 |
| 1963 | — | — | 152 | #636 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,346 | 129 | #684 |
| 1961 | — | — | 144 | #655 |
| 1960 | — | — | 132 | #685 |
| 1959 | — | — | 157 | #619 |
| 1958 | — | — | 169 | #597 |
| 1957 | — | — | 189 | #561 |
| 1956 | — | — | 192 | #548 |
| 1955 | — | — | 189 | #538 |
| 1954 | — | — | 179 | #544 |
| 1953 | — | — | 192 | #506 |
| 1952 | — | — | 203 | #495 |
| 1951 | — | — | 159 | #539 |
| 1950 | — | — | 142 | #570 |
| 1949 | — | — | 151 | #543 |
| 1948 | — | — | 110 | #646 |
| 1947 | — | — | 120 | #630 |
| 1946 | — | — | 93 | #673 |
| 1945 | — | — | 68 | #747 |
| 1944 | — | — | 67 | #768 |
| 1943 | — | — | 78 | #735 |
| 1942 | — | — | 72 | #757 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #796 |
| 1940 | — | — | 64 | #780 |
| 1939 | — | — | 46 | #928 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #907 |
| 1937 | — | — | 50 | #879 |
| 1936 | — | — | 51 | #858 |
| 1935 | — | — | 51 | #892 |
| 1934 | — | — | 51 | #885 |
| 1933 | — | — | 43 | #977 |
| 1932 | — | — | 56 | #861 |
| 1931 | — | — | 50 | #919 |
| 1930 | — | — | 58 | #872 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #970 |
| 1928 | — | — | 73 | #760 |
| 1927 | — | — | 70 | #796 |
| 1926 | — | — | 64 | #828 |
| 1925 | — | — | 78 | #744 |
| 1924 | — | — | 88 | #703 |
| 1923 | — | — | 79 | #736 |
| 1922 | — | — | 85 | #712 |
| 1921 | — | — | 65 | #865 |
| 1920 | — | — | 78 | #742 |
| 1919 | — | — | 71 | #772 |
| 1918 | — | — | 53 | #916 |
| 1917 | — | — | 54 | #871 |
| 1916 | — | — | 38 | #1,055 |
| 1915 | — | — | 43 | #958 |
| 1914 | — | — | 34 | #961 |
| 1913 | — | — | 26 | #988 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #849 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,268 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,549 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,070 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #1,008 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #986 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,095 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,385 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #946 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #896 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #840 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,033 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #873 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #839 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #963 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #669 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #559 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #783 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #863 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,153 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #940 |
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).