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Reed
Pronounced /ɹiːd/
Rank in 2024
#420
Born in 2024
744
Peak year
2014 · #318
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 744 boys were named Reed, about 1 in every 2,306.
- It peaked in 2014 with 1,096 babies, ranked #318.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 35,284 boys have been named Reed since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Reed per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,946 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,753 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,170 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,408 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,917 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,589 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,274 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective red. Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Also as an English surname, from several places in England, such as Reed, Lancashire (from Old English ra (“roe deer”) or Rede, Suffolk (see Rede). Compare Rider, Reader.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ɹiːd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Reed, CC BY-SA 4.0.