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Reese

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70% girls / 30% boys

Origin of the name

Reese is an English spelling of the Welsh Rhys, usually translated as “ardor.”

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Rising name

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Reese peaked in 2012, when 1 baby in 1,487 was given the name. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Its rank in 2025: No. 192. 45% of all babies named Reese since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
44,775births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 128rank at its peak, in 2012

Where babies named Reese are born

2012

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Reese is most common in South Dakota (2.2 times), Nebraska (2.1) and Utah (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s0%100%
1920s1%99%
1930s0%100%
1940s0%100%
1950s1%99%
1960s0%100%
1970s0%100%
1980s0%100%
1990s14%86%
2000s68%32%
2010s83%17%
2020s81%19%