How popular is the name Reid?

Reid ranks 376th among boys' names in US records, with 76,787 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,903.

Is Reid a unisex name?

No. Reid is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 2,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Reed. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#376 of boy names

Pronounced R IY1 D (ARPABET)

Reid is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 76,787 children — the 376th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 2,528 children were given it.

Reed is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2014Boys: 2,528Girls: 58

These spellings sound identical to Reid and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Reid?: Reid ranks 376th among boys' names in US records, with 76,787 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,903.
Is Reid a unisex name?: No. Reid is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Reid most popular?: 2014, when 2,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Reid spelled?: Reed. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.