# Reece (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reece/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rees, Reese, Rhys |
| US babies named this | 26,917 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,968 / 4,949 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24,484, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Rhys.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 221 | 1,118 |
| 2012 | 198 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 225 | 1,092 |
| 2014 | 217 | 1,150 |
| 2015 | 179 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,350 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,429 |
| 2018 | 147 | 1,494 |
| 2019 | 133 | 1,604 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,541 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,621 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,665 |
| 2023 | 171 | 1,328 |
| 2024 | 155 | 1,434 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,149 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 617 | 440 |
| 2012 | 558 | 484 |
| 2013 | 511 | 520 |
| 2014 | 512 | 542 |
| 2015 | 492 | 571 |
| 2016 | 478 | 579 |
| 2017 | 461 | 592 |
| 2018 | 455 | 602 |
| 2019 | 484 | 575 |
| 2020 | 470 | 591 |
| 2021 | 485 | 578 |
| 2022 | 563 | 530 |
| 2023 | 688 | 449 |
| 2024 | 686 | 455 |
| 2025 | 675 | 460 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 17 | 1,112 |
| 1997 | 18 | 1,074 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2,023 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 656 | 98 |
| 2012 | 528 | 122 |
| 2013 | 408 | 145 |
| 2014 | 344 | 167 |
| 2015 | 251 | 226 |
| 2016 | 255 | 220 |
| 2017 | 216 | 247 |
| 2018 | 144 | 326 |
| 2019 | 162 | 301 |
| 2020 | 93 | 431 |
| 2021 | 127 | 352 |
| 2022 | 106 | 399 |
| 2023 | 88 | 456 |
| 2024 | 64 | 592 |
| 2025 | 60 | 621 |

## People named Reece

- Reece James, English association football player (born 1999)
- Reece Oxford, English association football player (born 1998)
- Reece James, English association football player (1993-)
- Reece Burke, English association football player (born 1996)
- Reece Prescod, British sprinter
- Reece Ritchie, British actor (born 1986)
- Reece Thompson, Canadian actor
- Reece Howden, Canadian male freestyle skier
- Reece Topley, English cricketer (born 1994)
- Reece Gaines, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Reece Brown, English footballer (born 1991)
- Reece Brown, English association football player, born 1996

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.