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“Red, from Old English and Anglo-Norman bynames for 'red'” — Old English origin
Boy's name · #293 in the US (2025) · Trending
Reid is climbing: on the charts since 1886, it is ranked #293 in 2025, with about 1,200 boys given the name last year. Roughly 41,000 have carried it all-time. It is also an American family name — about 111,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. Together with its spelling variant Reed (#419), Reid would rank around #190 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Reid and Reed.
Around the world: about 1 in 840 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 2,000 boys in Scotland (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 166 notable people named Reid:
Sports figures appear 2.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Reid Priddy, American volleyball player.
Similar names: Reed · Barrett · Rio · Cade · Riley · Rhett
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