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Reece

Gender
Boy
Say it
REES
Origin
Welsh
UK rank, 2025
#581 for boys
US rank, 2025
#460 for boys

Reece is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour, enthusiasm”. In 2025 it ranked 581st for boys in the UK (73 babies) and 460th for boys in the US (675 babies).

What does Reece mean?

Welsh: anglicised spelling of Rhys

“ardour, enthusiasm”

An anglicised spelling of Rhys, borne by the Lord Rhys, a 12th-century ruler of Deheubarth in south Wales.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Reece is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the UK and 202 girls and 675 boys in the US.

How popular is Reece in the UK?

Rank in 2025
581st among boys
Babies in 2025
73 about 1 in 4,100 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 73 boys in the UK were named Reece, making it the 581st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 420th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,989 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Reece since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Reece in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 227 boys in the UK were given Reece or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #243, up from #581 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 621st in England and Wales, 400th in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#54) and 2004 (#52).

1996Busiest: 1,989 in 19982025
Reece in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202573#581
202483#526
2023109#415
2022136#356
2021147#348
2020111#420
2019204#264
2018176#307
2017260#234
2016314#202
2015305#211
2014434#152
2013477#141
2012640#113
2011786#96
2010904#82
20091,013#76
20081,300#62
20071,393#63
20061,553#52
20051,453#51
20041,484#52
20031,585#46
20021,811#43
20011,869#43
20001,899#43
19991,853#44
19981,989#43
19971,988#44
19961,938#44

How popular is Reece in the US?

Rank in 2025
460th among boys
Babies in 2025
675 about 1 in 2,500 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 675 boys in the US were named Reece, making it the 460th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 588th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 798 boys. 202 girls were also named Reece in 2025 (1,144th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Reece in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,981 boys in the US were given Reece or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #460 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 2% of the babies named Reece in the US in 1994, and 23% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 798 in 20012025
Reece in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025675#460
2024686#455
2023688#449
2022563#530
2021485#577
2020470#588
2019484#575
2018455#600
2017461#592
2016478#579
2015492#570
2014512#541
2013511#519
2012558#483
2011617#440
2010631#436
2009654#430
2008716#414
2007676#425
2006700#412
2005780#372
2004695#390
2003757#358
2002779#350
2001798#344
2000661#387
1999564#416
1998485#464
1997293#602
1996256#652
1995260#642
1994252#654
1993220#698
1992216#697
1991167#793
1990165#786
1989140#845
1988152#764
1987115#869
1986107#877
198567#1,132
198451#1,293
198342#1,469
198240#1,538
198131#1,810
198040#1,524
197933#1,711
197816#2,668
197729#1,780
197627#1,827
197523#2,000
197417#2,356
197331#1,548
197236#1,418
197136#1,415
197036#1,395
196929#1,492
196831#1,393
196724#1,572
196639#1,193
196533#1,334
196423#1,654
196322#1,694
196219#1,851
196121#1,777
196029#1,485
195929#1,466
195828#1,482
195731#1,410
195626#1,531
195526#1,502
195422#1,627
195336#1,244
195225#1,516
195121#1,642
195024#1,498
194921#1,615
194832#1,279
194732#1,296
194631#1,256
194529#1,226
194432#1,173
194319#1,635
194228#1,316
194124#1,372
194027#1,288
193931#1,168
193829#1,221
193724#1,372
193634#1,118
193539#1,020
193438#1,059
193336#1,094
193233#1,175
193145#983
193032#1,259
192940#1,094
192847#1,003
192741#1,112
192645#1,034
192540#1,108
192448#1,020
192343#1,087
192251#991
192142#1,086
192036#1,208
191941#1,063
191839#1,094
191743#997
191653#864
191542#962
191423#1,221
191324#1,023
191219#1,059
191111#1,037
191010#1,044
190910#951
19087#1,112
19075#1,344
19067#1,003
19056#1,090
19040–
19037#910
19027#932
19015#1,057
19006#1,161
18990–
18986#1,001
18970–
18960–
18955#1,078
18940–
18935#1,034
18925#1,065
18915#962
18900–
18890–
18887#815
18879#631
18860–
18859#641
18846#848
188310#597
18826#836
18819#595
18805#909

Names like Reece

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luke, Jake, Owen, Dylan, Ryan, Kyle, Rafe, Cole, Nathan, Jack, Jude, Blake

Other spellings of Reece

Rhys, Reis, Reiss, Reese, Rees, Rece, Rhyse

Names related to Reece

Reace, Reice

More Welsh names

Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Bowen, Griffin, Gavin, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn, Eira, Gwen, Ffion

Every Welsh name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Reece: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reece, updated 20 October 2026.