Ream — girls' name
23 babies named Ream in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Ream was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ream in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ream
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Ream between 1985 and 2005, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ream currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ream performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ream shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ream 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 23 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.
Ream at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ream popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1985
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
23 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 8 births in a single year.
Ream by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 13 births that decade — 57% of Ream's all-time total
Ream decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ream's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1985–2005 (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.