girls:
41.5k births since 1924
#660 (88th percentile)
boys:
18.7k births since 1880
#841 (82nd percentile)
overall:
60.2k births since 1880
#962 (88th percentile)
The name Reese is the #962 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 60,215 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 87.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #660 (88.5% percentile) for all time with 41,544 births since 1924. For boys, it ranks #841 (81.7% percentile) for all time with 18,671 births since 1880.
Reese has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1924 for girls). Birth data for Reese is available in 142 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (142 years for boys and 34 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 Reese has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 79.2% of babies named Reese were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for boys (78.3% boys from 1880 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.4% girls from 2004 to 2023).
For girls, Reese reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 86.6% percentile (ranked #126) with 1,268 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 1,268 births per million (ranked 86.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Reese ranks #169 for girls (82.2% percentile) with 951 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Reese reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 57.0% percentile (ranked #355) with 337 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 337 births per million (ranked 57.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Reese ranks #529 for boys (42.0% percentile) with 239 births per million, which is 70.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reese".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Reese. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Reese is pronounced as rees, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is reez, at 11.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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