Reef

girls:

46 births since 2012

#5670 (1st percentile)

boys:

1.2k births since 1996

#3424 (25th percentile)

overall:

1.2k births since 1996

#6513 (16th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Reef is the #6,513 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,227 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 15.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,424 (25.3% percentile) for all time with 1,181 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,670 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 2012.

Reef first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2012 for girls).

The name Reef has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.8% of babies named Reef were boys.

For boys, Reef reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #854) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 43 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Reef ranks #849 for boys (6.8% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 84.6% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Reef reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #933) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Reef ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reef".

1996 2023 19962023

Key Statistics

Total Births
46
Peak Births
8
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
2012
Peak Percentile
0.3%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#933
Current Rank
#946
Female statistics
Total Births
1,181
Peak Births
81
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
1996
Peak Percentile
8.2%
Current Percentile
6.8%
Peak Rank
#854
Current Rank
#849
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Reef

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Our model is 100.0% confident that Reef is pronounced as reef, which has 1 syllables.

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