Boys' name · since 2004
Reston
Reston has 49 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,366 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,922 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Reston currently ranks #12922 among boys' names in America, with 49 babies recorded since 2004.
Reston has 49 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12922 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #22,366 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,922 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 49 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reston ranks #22,366 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,922 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 49 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,366 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,922 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Reston's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Reston compares
49 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Reston's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 49 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Reston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Reston's full recorded timeline at 2016, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Reston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Reston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Reston's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Reston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Reston's decade-level peak was the 2010s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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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, 2004–2025 (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 Reston 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.