Masculine dossier · first seen 1886

Reid

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Reid
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

1,432

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1886Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

21.9%

2024

1,118

All-time

39,638

Reid has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 1,432 boys were named Reid.

In 2024, only 1,118 boys were given the name.

Down 21.9% from its peak.

All told, about 39,638 Americans have been named Reid and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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