# Rees (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rees/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,150 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,014 / 136 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 415, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 9,979 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,776 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,133 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,052 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,889 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,616 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,340 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,283 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,625 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,544 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,640 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,605 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,889 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,921 |
| 2023 | 5 | 17,084 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,149 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,939 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,932 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,502 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,237 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,034 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,893 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,980 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,524 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,582 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,683 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,942 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,408 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,368 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 25 | 841 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1,377 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,280 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,079 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1,706 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## 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.