How Many People Are Named Reece?

25,089

people named Reece are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,622 people in the US has this name

Based on 26,917 babies named Reece in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,426

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#602

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Peak Year

2005

998 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Welsh
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Anglicized form of RHYS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
19.6%
Male
80.4%

Of the babies given the name Reece, 19.6% were girls and 80.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Reece rose from 0% in the 1910s to 20.6% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Reece alive today is about 18 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.

Under 30 22,264
88.7%
30 to 59 2,353
9.4%
60 and over 473
1.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Reece first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2005, to 998 babies. In 2025, 877 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Reece has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #344, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #460. Among girls, its best rank was #986, in 2009.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#460#1,149
Best rank#344 (2001)#986 (2009)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#393 in the 2000s#1,172 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Reece alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Reece were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,961 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reece was given about 2.3 times as often in Hawaii, Iowa and Kansas.

Texas 1,961
California 1,778
Ohio 1,189
Florida 1,031
Indiana 969
Michigan 831
Illinois 778
North Carolina 740
Pennsylvania 702
Missouri 685
Georgia 659
Tennessee 608
Washington 587
Colorado 564
New York 555
Louisiana 552
Minnesota 532
Wisconsin 496
Kentucky 469
Kansas 459
Iowa 450
Virginia 436
Oklahoma 422
Arizona 390
Maryland 309
Arkansas 277
Oregon 271
Nebraska 249
Massachusetts 242
South Carolina 240
Alabama 220
New Jersey 197
Utah 133
Hawaii 130
Idaho 121
Mississippi 117
Nevada 85
Montana 84
Connecticut 67
West Virginia 57
South Dakota 56
Maine 46
North Dakota 46
New Hampshire 31
Alaska 16
New Mexico 12
Wyoming 5

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