Mostly girls · peaked in 2012
Reese name popularity since 1925
63,445 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Reese (70.6% girls, 29.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2011 or earlier, so the typical Reese is about 15 years old in 2026. Reese peaked in 2012 as the #128 name for girls, and it ranked #192 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 63,445
- Named Reese, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #192
- for girls in 2025 (1,631 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 70.6% girls
- 44,769 girls · 18,676 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Reese made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Reese births per year, 1925–2025
2012 was the biggest year for Reese both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1999 and 2004, Reese became 7× more common, from 1 in 10,400 baby girls to 1 in 1,480.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Reese's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Reese.
Decade by decade
Babies named Reese in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 239 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 357 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 397 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 5 | 503 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 558 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 488 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 752 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 372 | 2,327 | #12,991 |
| 2000s | 13,824 | 6,438 | #237 |
| 2010s | 20,182 | 4,108 | #172 |
| 2020–25 | 10,386 | 2,509 | #192 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.7% of babies named Reese from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Reese is most popular
The index compares Reese's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Reese.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.30× | 1,162 |
| Colorado | 1.70× | 1,241 |
| Nevada | 1.61× | 341 |
| Idaho | 1.55× | 366 |
| Nebraska | 1.45× | 603 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Reese's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Reese.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Reese (2012).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data