Girls' name · since 1985
Ream
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.
- #44,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Ream since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Ream recorded 23 times among girls since 1985, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2005.
- #44,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ream ranks #44,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #44,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ream's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ream's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ream splits its recorded history at 2000: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ream popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2005
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ream by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Ream's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ream births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (57% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ream draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.