Reality — #14053 US girls' name
271 babies named Reality in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Reality was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Reality in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reality
The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Reality between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reality currently holds the #14053 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reality performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Reality shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reality in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 271 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Reality at a glance
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Current rank
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Reality popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2000)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #14053 among girls.
271 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 17 births in a single year.
Reality by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 128 births that decade — 47% of Reality's all-time total
Reality decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Reality's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.