How rare is the name Reem?

4,798 people in the United States have the first name Reem, about 1 in 62,949. It ranks #4,040 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

REEM

#4,040

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,798
About
1 in 62,949
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,798 people named Reem, 83.4% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Reem peaked in 2024, when 177 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
177
In 2025*
138 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,610 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Reem by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,005. The largest share of babies named Reem, 43%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#7,013131
1980s#5,057281
1990s#3,793599
2000s#3,944788
2010s#3,4541,036
2020s#3,005768
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–9617.2%
Generation Z 1997–1235.3%
2013 and later43%

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 Reem is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reem has been most common in Michigan (4.9×), New York (2.3×), and Illinois (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.3×).

2,160 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.

Exactly as common as Reem

1 other first name also has 4,798 people.

#4,040 Danyelle · 4,798

Either side of Reem

#4,039 Shanta · 4,799#4,040 Danyelle · 4,798#4,042 Merritt · 4,797#4,042 Travon · 4,797

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reem, most common first.

#6,949 Reema · 2,249#22,430 Rem · 444#48,024 Ream · 134#53,039 Reen · 103

Also a last name

As a last name, Reem ranks #73,330 of 156,621, with 285 people. See Reem as a last name

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