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How popular is the name Reece?
Births per year, rank history and how many Reeces are alive today.
Reece (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Rhys in England and Wales, ranked 621st in 2025 with 60 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 1,811 babies were given the name, the 41st most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 27,000 babies have been named Reece in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rhys you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Rhyses born in England and Wales are between 19 and 30, and there are at least 62,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Rhys.
How many babies are named Reece each year?
Includes all spellings: Reece, Rhys. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Reece spelling rank?
Where does the Rhys spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Reece most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Rhys, peaked in 1997, when 3,071 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Reece spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 1,811 babies.
How many people are called Reece?
At least 62,000 people named Reece in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Reece?
Most living Reeces are between 19 and 30; the most common age is about 29.
Is Reece becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.