first name
REECE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,295 people named Reece, 81.1% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as two or more races and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Reece peaked in 2005, when 998 babies got the name.
At least 26,917 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Reece by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #672. The largest share of babies named Reece, 48.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Reece is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reece has been most common in Colorado (2.2×), Kansas (2×), and Hawaii (2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.29×).
21,509 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Reece
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reece, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Reece ranks #1,457 of 156,621, with 23,834 people. See Reece as a last name
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