Reo — #5903 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Reo

The Social Security Administration has registered 823 babies named Reo between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reo currently holds the #5903 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Reo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reo 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 823 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.