Reza — #3108 US boys' name
1,155 babies named Reza in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Reza was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Reza in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reza
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,155 babies named Reza between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reza currently holds the #3108 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reza performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Reza shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 218 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Reza in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reza 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 1,155 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.
Reza at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reza popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2023)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #3108 among boys.
1,155 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 46 births in a single year.
Reza popularity over time — girls
9 total births recorded since 2022 (Reza as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Reza accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Reza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 254 births that decade — 22% of Reza's all-time total
Reza decade highlights
- Peak decade 254 births
- Runner-up 215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Reza's strongest decade
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Reza by state
Where Reza concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 218 | 18.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 22 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
218 of 1,155 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1966–2024 (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.