Reeve
Reeve was the 3494th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2544th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 424 places. More babies were named Reeve in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,494 boys, up 55 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 33boys
- Girls and boys
- 16% girls, 84% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201650 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,183babies recorded
Reeve popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,549 | #3,494 | 6 | 33 |
| 2020 | #11,910 | #3,549 | 8 | 31 |
| 2010 | #14,641 | #4,641 | 7 | 21 |
| 2000 | #16,995 | #5,832 | 5 | 12 |
| 1990 | — | #9,197 | — | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #4,613 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #4,834 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Reeve, counting every spelling?
Reeve is the most common spelling of a name family that had 33 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 33 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeve | 33 | #3,494 | 184 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Reeve?
33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reeve (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Reeve 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 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reeve.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Reeve?
About 900 people born in the US named Reeve are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 21. That makes Reeve mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Reeve by state
How common Reeve was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 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
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Questions about the name Reeve
How popular is the name Reeve?
Reeve was the 3494th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2544th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 424 places. More babies were named Reeve in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Reeve a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 16% girls, 84% boys given the name Reeve in the US.
Where is Reeve most popular?
In 2021–2025, Reeve was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 boys).