girls:
927 births since 1962
#4789 (16th percentile)
boys:
38.5k births since 1886
#576 (87th percentile)
overall:
39.4k births since 1886
#1250 (84th percentile)
The name Reid is the #1,250 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 39,442 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 83.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #576 (87.5% percentile) for all time with 38,515 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #4,789 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 927 births since 1962.
Reid first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1962 for girls). Birth data for Reid is available in 132 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (132 years for boys and 38 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 Reid has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Reid reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 72.9% percentile (ranked #250) with 689 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 699 births per million (ranked 72.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Reid ranks #300 for boys (67.1% percentile) with 578 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Reid reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2005, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Reid ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 89.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reid".
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