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Rease

Mostly girls · REES · Welsh

Rease is a name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour, enthusiasm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Rease mean?

Welsh: respelling of Reese, from Welsh Rhys

“ardour, enthusiasm”

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REES

Is Rease a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Rease has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.

How popular is Rease in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.

Half of all the girls named Rease in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 10 in 20052017
Rease in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20175#15,898
20160–
20150–
20148#11,925
20136#14,577
20120–
20116#14,816
20100–
20090–
20087#13,827
20077#13,918
20068#12,415
200510#10,123
20040–
20035#15,777
20025#15,426

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