Baby name

Reed

Boy

Classic name

2014 was its best year: 1,096 births, or 1 baby in 3,382. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 145 of the 146 years since 1880. Its rank in 2025: No. 417.

36,056births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 318rank at its peak, in 2014

Where babies named Reed are born

2014

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The darker the blue, the more common Reed is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Reed is most common in Utah (5.8 times), Idaho (3.7) and Minnesota (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Reid 40,791
Creed 5,920
Kreed 1,469
Reef 1,290
Rees 1,014

Names from the same era

Maximus · Zayden · Reid · Brantley · Corbin · Kendrick

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