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“Ardent, fiery; also glossed as wreath or garland” — Welsh (from Rhys) origin
Boy's name · #603 in the US (2025) · Trending
Reese is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #603 in 2025, with about 480 boys given the name last year. Roughly 20,000 have carried it all-time. About 80% of babies named Reese in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variants Rhys (#412) and Reece (#460), Reese would rank around #189 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 40/35/25 across Rhys, Reece, and Reese.
Around the world: about 1 in 5,700 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 84 notable people named Reese:
Sports figures appear 2.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Reese Stalder, American tennis player.
Similar names: Kieran · Reece · Jase · Rohan · Rian · Case
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