How Many People Are Named Reed?
people named Reed are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,895 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,977 babies named Reed in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which comes from multiple sources, including Old English read meaning "red" (originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion) and Old English ried meaning "clearing" (given to a person who lived in a clearing in the woods).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Reed in English. Counting Reed and these spellings together, about 69,688 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Reed, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Reed alive today is about 25 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Reed first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2014, to 1,122 babies. In 2025, 784 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Reed has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #318, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #419.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #419 |
| Best rank | #318 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #362 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Reed alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Reed were born in California than in any other state: about 2,580 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reed was given 4.4 times as often in Utah, 3.2 times in Idaho and 2.6 times in North Dakota.
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