girls:
67 births since 2002
#5649 (1st percentile)
boys:
80 births since 1920
#4506 (2nd percentile)
overall:
147 births since 1920
#7592 (2nd percentile)
The name Rease is the #7,592 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 147 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,506 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 80 births since 1920. For girls, it ranks #5,649 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 2002.
Rease first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Rease is available in 16 out of the 98 years between 1920 and 2017 (12 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rease is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Rease were girls. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for boys (63.5% boys from 1920 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.7% girls from 2008 to 2017).
For boys, Rease reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #878) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
For girls, Rease reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #934) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rease".
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