# Reid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reid/  
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 | /ɹiːd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Read, Reed |
| US babies named this | 41,783 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,791 / 992 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,256, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,793 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,685 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,069 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,531 |
| 2015 | 34 | 4,284 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,222 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,682 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,726 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,876 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,533 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,305 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,810 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,969 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4,544 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,253 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,123 | 297 |
| 2012 | 1,206 | 292 |
| 2013 | 1,373 | 259 |
| 2014 | 1,432 | 261 |
| 2015 | 1,339 | 278 |
| 2016 | 1,396 | 259 |
| 2017 | 1,246 | 288 |
| 2018 | 1,223 | 288 |
| 2019 | 1,180 | 292 |
| 2020 | 1,048 | 316 |
| 2021 | 1,109 | 299 |
| 2022 | 1,040 | 325 |
| 2023 | 1,060 | 315 |
| 2024 | 1,120 | 300 |
| 2025 | 1,150 | 293 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 52 | 654 |
| 2013 | 69 | 532 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 70 | 550 |
| 2017 | 65 | 581 |
| 2018 | 74 | 531 |
| 2019 | 69 | 549 |
| 2020 | 64 | 568 |
| 2021 | 71 | 543 |
| 2022 | 78 | 500 |
| 2023 | 78 | 504 |
| 2024 | 86 | 464 |
| 2025 | 95 | 422 |

## People named Reid

- Reid Wiseman, American astronaut
- Reid Hoffman, American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author
- Reid Scott, American actor (born 1977)
- Reid Ewing, American actor and musician
- Reid Ribble, American politician
- Charles Reid Barnes, American botanist (1858-1910)
- Reid Anderson, American musician; bassist, composer
- Reid Blackburn, American photographer (1952-1980)
- Reid Flair, American professional wrestler (1988–2013)
- Reid Coolsaet, Canadian distance runner
- Emmet Reid Blake, American zoologist (1908-1997)
- William R. Pogue, American astronaut (1930-2014)

## 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.