How Many People Are Named Reza?

1,177

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

About 1 in 290,386 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,215 babies named Reza in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,533

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,503

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Peak Year

2022

51 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Persian
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Persian form of RIDHA.

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

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.8%
Male
99.2%

Of the babies given the name Reza, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.4% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Reza alive today is about 23 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 38 in 2025.

Under 30 745
63.4%
30 to 59 431
36.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Reza first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 2022, to 51 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Reza has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,613, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #2,635.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,635
Best rank#1,613 (1978)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,044 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Reza were born in California than in any other state: about 225 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reza was given about 6 times as often in California.

California 225
New York 34
Texas 22
Pennsylvania 5
Virginia 5

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