Reet — #7109 US girls' name
305 babies named Reet in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
70% of everyone ever named Reet was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Reet in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reet
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Reet between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reet currently holds the #7109 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reet performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Reet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Reet in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reet 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 305 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.
Reet at a glance
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Current rank
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Reet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2015)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #7109 among girls.
305 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 33 births in a single year.
Reet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 213 births that decade — 70% of Reet's all-time total
Reet decade highlights
- Peak decade 213 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Reet's strongest decade
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Reet by state
Where Reet concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 74 | 24.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 13 | 4.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 7 | 2.3% |
74 of 305 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 24.3% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 24.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.