Reet

Reet was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Reet as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Reet as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Reet as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,491 (14)—#3,478 (5)
2024#6,932 (16)#3,319 (7)#1,617 (14)
2023#8,989 (11)#2,346 (11)#2,366 (8)
2022#8,032 (13)#3,149 (7)#2,133 (9)
2021#9,562 (10)#3,519 (6)#1,286 (19)
2020#8,406 (12)#2,615 (9)#1,877 (11)
2019#8,138 (13)#1,940 (14)#1,283 (19)
2018#6,010 (20)#2,499 (10)#1,639 (13)
2017#6,287 (19)#1,995 (14)#1,382 (17)
2016#6,663 (18)#1,834 (16)#794 (35)
2015#4,295 (33)#1,497 (21)#1,043 (24)
2014#5,310 (25)#1,562 (19)#731 (38)
2013#6,017 (21)#1,956 (14)#864 (31)
2012#5,114 (27)#1,809 (16)#801 (34)
2011#6,335 (20)#4,764 (4)#595 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #4,295.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2001.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Reet is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 93,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 71,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ReetCanadaGirls#3,4785
ReetEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ReetUSGirls#7,49114