Reef
Reef was the 2509th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1898th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Reef in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,509 boys, down 166 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202181 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,353babies recorded
Reef popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,896 | #2,509 | 7 | 54 |
| 2020 | — | #2,343 | — | 58 |
| 2010 | — | #2,113 | — | 64 |
| 2000 | — | #6,717 | — | 10 |
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How popular is Reef, counting every spelling?
Reef has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Reef?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reef (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Reef born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reef.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Reef?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Reef are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 17. That makes Reef a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Reef by state
How common Reef was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (68.2×), Florida (4.9×), California (2.2×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Reef: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reef, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Reef
How popular is the name Reef?
Reef was the 2509th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1898th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Reef in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Reef a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Reef in the US.
Where is Reef most popular?
In 2021–2025, Reef was most common in Hawaii (2.51 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and California.