How rare is the name Reza?

4,929 people in the United States have the first name Reza, about 1 in 61,276. It ranks #3,958 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

REZA

#3,958

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,929
About
1 in 61,276
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,929 people named Reza, 76.1% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as two or more races and 8.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Reza peaked in 2022, when 51 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
51
In 2025*
50 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,215 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Reza by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,070. The largest share of babies named Reza, 38.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#6,415150
1980s#6,070215
1990s#9,578156
2000s#11,264172
2010s#8,975254
2020s#6,188261
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9623.9%
Generation Z 1997–1221.8%
2013 and later38.9%

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.

Either side of Reza

#3,956 Celestine · 4,932#3,957 Analia · 4,931#3,959 Kortney · 4,924#3,959 Misha · 4,924

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,090 Resa · 1,041#20,952 Reka · 489#42,623 Rezia · 168#51,981 Reca · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Reza ranks #5,214 of 156,621, with 6,468 people. See Reza as a last name

Compare