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How popular is the name Reeve?
Births per year, rank history and how many Reeves are alive today.
Reeve (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1613th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1363rd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Reeve you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Reeves born in England and Wales are between 6 and 26, and there are at least 340 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 Reeve - on average, only one in every 892 such rooms contains a Reeve.
How many babies are named Reeve each year?
Where does Reeve rank among boys' names?
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 Reeve most popular?
Reeve peaked in 2023, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Reeve?
At least 340 people named Reeve born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Reeve?
Most living Reeves are between 6 and 26; the most common age is about 2.
Is Reeve becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.