Reed

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Reed: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Reed: Recorded since 1996, it reached #710 in 2017, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#710highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2017: #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1627 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Reed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Reed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	68	9 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2020s	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Reed appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #710 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Reed's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #710, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adi · #710, 29y
Emran · #710, 24y
Camden · #711, 28y
Enrique · #711, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adi · #710, 29y
Emran · #710, 24y
Camden · #711, 28y
Enrique · #711, 27y

Reed was ranked #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Reed and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Reed without appearing here.

Reed moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #4527.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1909 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1367 and #3039.

Moved ahead of Reed

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1092.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.
Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1202 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1962.

Moved the same way as Reed

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Reed went from #1168 to #2007 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Reed went from #1168 to #2007 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Reed went from #1168 to #2007 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Reed went from #1168 to #1879 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #710 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Reed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Reed at a glance

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