Reese

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Reese: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #255 in 2007, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#255highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Reese's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#3824
1999	#2189
2000	#1831
2001	#1439
2002	#842
2003	#933
2004	#866
2005	#931
2006	#796
2007	#919
2008	#1176
2009	#1365
2010	#1180
2011	#1665
2012	#1428
2013	#2062
2014	#2058
2015	#1961
2016	#2757
2017	#2201
2018	#2187
2019	#1854
2020	#1507
2021	#1866
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#1894

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

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

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1866 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2007
Highest recorded position: #255 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1999–2007).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Reese appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 500 births with the name.

Reese across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Reese's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#807 (2005)	#5119 (2024)	27 of 29	372 (1996–2024)	31 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#796 (2006)	#1894 (2024)	28 of 29	500 (1996–2024)	38 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#348 (2002)	#749 (2018)	9 of 19	31 (2000–2018)	5 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#549 (2007)	#883 (2021)	8 of 16	34 (2006–2021)	6 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#255 (2007)	#255 (2007)	3 of 9	12 (1999–2007)	6 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (2007)	#351 (2007)	#451 (2012)	2 of 6	7 (2007–2012)	4 (2007)

Reese by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Reese in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	253	10 of 10	25
2010s	154	10 of 10	15
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Reese 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #255 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Reese'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	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#796	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#866	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #255, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 4 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Emilee · #255, 28y
Alessandro · #256, 31y
Codi · #254, 29y
Malaika · #256, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emilee · #255, 28y
Mattie · #255, 20y
Otilie · #255, 25y
Codi · #254, 29y

Reese was ranked #255 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Reese 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 Reese without appearing here.

Reese moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3824 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #842 and #4137.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1439 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Reese

Hans Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2027 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2172.
Riley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1522 and #1755 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1450.
Gunnar Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2027 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3040.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3013 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Reese

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Reese

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reese went from #1040 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #255 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Reese

Reese at a glance

What stands out in Reese's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Reese across 6 official records

Reese by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Reese appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Reese at a glance

What stands out in Reese's record

Reese across 6 official records

Reese by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Reese appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Reese

Reese and the names beside it

Reese moved ahead of

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