Reese
The 2025 national count puts Reese at #192, sitting where it has sat for years. On the books since 1924, peaking in 2012: 44,775 American children so far.
Reese’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Reese, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Reese since 1924
Reese peaked in 2012 at #128; #192 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Reese is most common
Among the states, Reese takes its largest share in Delaware, 0.35% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and New Hampshire next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Reese
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Rory
#199 in 2025 · Celtic
Ryker
#183 in 2025
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ronan
#247 in 2025 · Celtic
Reagan
#248 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Ryder
#133 in 2025
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About Reese
Where does Reese rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Reese at #192, sitting where it has sat for years. The chart above draws the whole run since 1924, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Reese have a meaning on record?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Reese. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
Is there a sibling name for Reese?
Rory, Ryker and Rafael sit nearest to Reese on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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