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How popular is the name Reed?
Births per year, rank history and how many Reeds are alive today.
Reed (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Reid in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1367th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 16 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Reid you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Reids born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Reid - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Reid.
How many babies are named Reed each year?
Includes all spellings: Reed, Reid. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Reed spelling rank?
Where does the Reid 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 Reed most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Reid, peaked in 2025, when 104 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Reed spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 18 babies.
How many people are called Reed?
At least 1,700 people named Reed in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Reed?
Most living Reeds are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 2.
Is Reed becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.