girls:
885 births since 1921
#4831 (15th percentile)
boys:
34.5k births since 1881
#609 (87th percentile)
overall:
35.4k births since 1881
#1330 (83rd percentile)
The name Reed is the #1,330 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35,420 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 82.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #609 (86.7% percentile) for all time with 34,535 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #4,831 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 885 births since 1921.
Reed first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1921 for girls).
The name Reed has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Reed reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 66.1% percentile (ranked #307) with 535 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 535 births per million (ranked 66.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Reed ranks #394 for boys (56.8% percentile) with 395 births per million, which is 73.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Reed reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #813) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Reed ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 51.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reed".
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