How Many People Are Named Reid?
people named Reid are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,969 people in the US has this name
Based on 41,783 babies named Reid in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,464 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which is a Scots variant of REED.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Reid in English. Counting Reid and these spellings together, about 69,688 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Reid, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Reid alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Reid first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 2014, to 1,464 babies. In 2025, 1,184 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Reid has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #259, in 2013 and 2016. In 2025 it ranked #293.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #293 |
| Best rank | #259 (2013 and 2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #285 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Reid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Reid were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,996 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reid was given 5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.5 times in Minnesota and 2.1 times in Nebraska.
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