girls:
136 births since 1999
#5580 (2nd percentile)
boys:
986 births since 1914
#3606 (21st percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1914
#6617 (14th percentile)
The name Rees is the #6,617 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,122 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 14.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,606 (21.3% percentile) for all time with 986 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,580 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 136 births since 1999.
Rees first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Rees is available in 80 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 19 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 Rees has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Rees were boys.
For boys, Rees reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #783) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rees ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 15.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rees reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #935) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rees ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 40.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rees".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rees. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.8% confident that Rees is pronounced as rees, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is reez, at 44.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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