Reed — #420 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Reed

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,284 babies named Reed between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reed currently holds the #420 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 1,096 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reed performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,013 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Reed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,750 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Reed in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reed 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 35,284 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.