Reeve
Reeve is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 33 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,545 among girls’ names and #3,493 among boys’, #6,695 among all names counting both); 1,183 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,140 Americans named Reeve and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reeve by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Reeve?
#3,493 among boys’ names, 2025
Reeve fell from #3,069 in 2015 to #3,493 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 19.8 to 19.3 per million.
68 babies in 2017, the peak
Reeve peaked in 2017, when 68 babies were given it (45 boys, #2,749 among boys’ names). The 39 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 57% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,545 | 33 | #3,493 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,917 | 34 | #3,439 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,974 | 40 | #3,102 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,286 | 35 | #3,393 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,885 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,905 | 31 | #3,547 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,496 | 21 | #4,766 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,679 | 28 | #3,860 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,629 | 45 | #2,749 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,307 | 50 | #2,544 |
Every recorded year (52)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | #9,365 | 38 | #3,069 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,861 | 41 | #2,876 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,938 | 37 | #3,044 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,428 | 29 | #3,688 |
| 2011 | 8 | #13,104 | 33 | #3,351 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,635 | 21 | #4,639 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,224 | 35 | #3,257 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,019 | 22 | #4,504 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,010 | 27 | #3,867 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,202 | 22 | #4,332 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,749 | 23 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,644 | 26 | #3,612 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,552 | 18 | #4,569 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,976 | 16 | #4,855 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 10 | #6,814 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,987 | 12 | #5,824 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,356 | 13 | #5,249 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 9 | #6,715 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 5 | #10,464 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,768 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 13 | #4,723 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 10 | #5,784 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 8 | #6,683 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 8 | #6,556 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 7 | #7,111 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 5 | #9,188 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #6,276 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 7 | #5,789 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 5 | #7,066 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 7 | #5,485 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #7,044 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #5,895 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,524 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,568 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 6 | #4,611 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,384 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 5 | #4,425 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 5 | #4,275 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 5 | #3,912 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 6 | #3,672 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,832 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #3,178 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Reeve a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,183 Americans recorded as Reeve, 20% are girls and 80% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Reeve: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reeve, and how old are they?
1,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 1,183 Americans ever recorded as Reeve. The median Reeve alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 1,013 people named Reeve (245 women and girls, 768 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 903 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 21 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 84 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 415 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 610 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reeve
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Reeve and names like it
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