first name
REED
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,775 people named Reed, 89.6% reported their origin as White, 4% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Reed peaked in 2014, when 1,122 babies got the name.
At least 36,977 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Reed by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #701. The largest share of babies named Reed, 30.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Reed is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reed has been most common in Utah (5.8×), Idaho (3.7×), and Minnesota (2.4×), and least common in West Virginia (0.43×).
30,256 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 Reed
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reed, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Reed ranks #75 of 156,621, with 268,584 people. See Reed as a last name
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