Girls' name · since 1945
Reesa
Reesa has 748 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 748
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Reesa is the #13396 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 748 recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reesa has been recorded 748 times among girls since 1945, currently ranked #13396 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #9,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,396 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 748 born since 1945
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reesa ranks #9,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,396 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 748 born since 1945, peaking in the 1960s.
- #9,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 748
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Reesa's 748 recorded births place it above 87.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Reesa compares
748 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Reesa's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reesa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 748 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Reesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reesa splits its recorded history at 1982: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Reesa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (153 births, 20% of the file).
1960s was Reesa's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Reesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 47
1940s
47 births
- 1950s
1950s
103 births
- 1960s
1960s
153 births
- 1970s
1970s
91 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 153 births (20% of all-time use).
How Reesa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Reesa's total volume
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What to do with Reesa's data
- Reesa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~80 yrs)
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, 1945–2025 (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 Reesa 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.