Reiss

maleStatistical record

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

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

Reiss: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #322, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2022	#5669
2023	#4709

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #4270 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 #3795 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #322 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Reiss appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 912 births with the name.

Reiss across 2 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.

Reiss'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	#329 (1996)	#322 (1998)	#4270 (2024)	29 of 29	912 (1996–2024)	78 (1998)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2738 (1997)	#4709 (2023)	6 of 28	22 (1996–2023)	5 (1997)

Reiss 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 Reiss in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	294	4 of 10	74
2000sbusiest	435	10 of 10	44
2010s	157	10 of 10	16
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

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

Reiss 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: #322 in England and Wales in 1998.

Reiss'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#894	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#549	47	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#453	54	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#403	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#359	68	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#356	67	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#335	76	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#322	78	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#353	67	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#329	73	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

1 registrar publishes 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 2024, and 28 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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Reisy · #2187, 20y
Rejoice · #3533, 10y

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.

Aadam · #322, 29y
Justina · #322, 28y
Racheal · #322, 31y
Tommaso · #322, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aadam · #322, 29y
Armaan · #322, 29y
Dorian · #322, 29y
Aarron · #323, 19y

Reiss was ranked #322 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Reiss 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 Reiss without appearing here.

Reiss moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Lorraine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Reiss

Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1548.
Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2263.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Reiss

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Reiss

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Reiss went from #329 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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: #322 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Reiss

Reiss at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Reiss across 2 official records

Reiss by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Reiss across 2 official records

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