Rees*
#4,410 most common boys' name of all time · #10,825 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,410
Rank overall
#10,825 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,150
Since 2016
146
Peak year
2006 #3,327
Best rank
#2,140 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 44/yr
Rees first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,177 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,232 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,940 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,073 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,238 |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,223 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,799 |
| 2017 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,669 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,098 |
| 2014 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #4,828 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,672 |
| 2011 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #5,016 |
| 2010 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #4,120 |
| 2009 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,366 |
| 2008 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #3,431 |
| 2007 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #4,268 |
| 2006 | 12 | 32 | 44 | #3,327 |
| 2005 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #3,336 |
| 2004 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #3,306 |
| 2003 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #3,131 |
| 2002 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #3,367 |
| 2001 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,586 |
| 1999 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #3,044 |
| 1998 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,487 |
| 1996 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,707 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,218 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,867 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,496 |
| 1992 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,642 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,831 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,018 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,666 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,574 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,247 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,551 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,657 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,134 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,062 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,655 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,102 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,390 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,102 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,994 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,371 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,704 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,113 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,803 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,828 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,797 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,258 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,972 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,183 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,500 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,580 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,309 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,123 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,041 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,140 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,795 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,039 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,261 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,586 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,976 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,367 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,092 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,581 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,972 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,789 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,664 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,704 |