NameTides

Reid

Reid was the #293 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,150 babies), and #422 in England & Wales and #242 in Canada.

Reid as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Reid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Reid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#293 (1,150)#422 (95)#333 (10)—#402 (9)#242 (139)
2024#300 (1,120)#464 (86)#432 (7)#404 (3)#394 (9)#287 (115)
2023#315 (1,060)#504 (78)#614 (4)——#261 (119)
2022#325 (1,040)#500 (78)#425 (7)#414 (3)#454 (7)#292 (109)
2021#299 (1,109)#543 (71)#477 (6)—#755 (3)#250 (138)
2020#316 (1,048)#568 (64)#350 (10)—#741 (3)#218 (161)
2019#292 (1,180)#549 (69)#701 (3)#418 (3)#764 (3)#240 (146)
2018#288 (1,223)#531 (74)#595 (4)——#244 (145)
2017#288 (1,246)#581 (65)#532 (5)#415 (3)—#213 (174)
2016#258 (1,396)#550 (70)#486 (6)—#601 (4)#179 (210)
2015#278 (1,339)#856 (36)#470 (6)—#699 (3)#176 (212)
2014#260 (1,432)#659 (51)#680 (3)——#161 (236)
2013#259 (1,373)#532 (69)#590 (4)——#140 (272)
2012#292 (1,206)#654 (52)#500 (5)——#151 (259)
2011#297 (1,123)#781 (39)#648 (3)—#730 (3)#144 (264)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #260.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Reid is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Reid by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #186WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #178MNIllinois: #277ILMichigan: #203MINew York: #322NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: #198ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #219INOhio: #281OHPennsylvania: #244PANew Jersey: #284NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #366CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #236KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #199VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #132LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #308GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #426TXFlorida: #384FL
Reid (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25354

Reid (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ReidCanadaGirls#3,4785
ReidCanadaBoys#242139
ReidEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ReidEngland & WalesBoys#42295
ReidIrelandBoys#4029
ReidNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ReidNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ReidScotlandBoys#33310
ReidUSGirls#4,17234
ReidUSBoys#2931,150