Rees

Boy · REES · Welsh

Rees is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour, enthusiasm”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Rees mean?

Welsh: anglicised spelling of Rhys

“ardour, enthusiasm”

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

Say it: REES

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

Rees is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rees in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 53 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rees in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 53 in 20002022

Rees in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2022	4	#4,195
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	5	#3,608
2016	6	#3,241
2015	6	#3,149
2014	16	#1,573
2013	5	#3,466
2012	6	#3,167
2011	9	#2,311
2010	4	#4,026
2009	9	#2,241
2008	12	#1,810
2007	23	#1,139
2006	19	#1,207
2005	14	#1,445
2004	25	#921
2003	32	#737
2002	21	#918
2001	22	#845
2000	53	#450
1999	40	#548
1998	44	#503
1997	39	#525
1996	24	#697

How popular is Rees in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,140among boys
Babies in 2025: 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Rees, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Rees in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,981 boys in the US were given Rees or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.

Rhys 778
Reece 675
Reese 475
Rees 14
Reiss 12
Reis 10
Rece 9
Rhyse 8

Girls were 21% of the babies named Rees in the US in 1999, and 37% in 2010.

1914Busiest: 36 in 20002025

Rees in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	14	#6,140
2024	14	#6,194
2023	6	#10,815
2022	8	#8,983
2021	9	#8,161
2020	9	#8,062
2019	11	#7,168
2018	15	#5,766
2017	20	#4,742
2016	10	#7,600
2015	18	#5,056
2014	22	#4,389
2013	19	#4,801
2012	12	#6,620
2011	18	#4,981
2010	24	#4,098
2009	17	#5,332
2008	32	#3,419
2007	23	#4,241
2006	32	#3,304
2005	30	#3,315
2004	29	#3,281
2003	30	#3,114
2002	26	#3,344
2001	32	#2,859
2000	36	#2,573
1999	27	#3,027
1998	31	#2,648
1997	20	#3,450
1996	18	#3,672
1995	21	#3,186
1994	12	#4,797
1993	13	#4,440
1992	17	#3,597
1991	11	#4,752
1990	14	#3,965
1989	15	#3,612
1988	6	#6,420
1987	6	#6,083
1986	9	#4,453
1985	0	–
1984	8	#4,549
1983	0	–
1982	7	#5,001
1981	0	–
1980	7	#4,938
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	5	#5,462
1974	0	–
1973	0	–
1972	7	#3,960
1971	0	–
1970	6	#4,228
1969	6	#3,934
1968	9	#2,906
1967	7	#3,229
1966	6	#3,535
1965	5	#3,928
1964	0	–
1963	0	–
1962	6	#3,638
1961	0	–
1960	6	#3,663
1959	6	#3,618
1958	0	–
1957	0	–
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	6	#3,450
1953	13	#2,185
1952	6	#3,370
1951	5	#3,712
1950	0	–
1949	7	#3,018
1948	6	#3,315
1947	8	#2,861
1946	0	–
1945	5	#3,337
1944	6	#3,108
1943	0	–
1942	7	#2,939
1941	8	#2,655
1940	7	#2,871
1939	12	#2,050
1938	8	#2,646
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	5	#3,774
1931	5	#3,761
1930	5	#3,999
1929	7	#3,245
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	7	#3,383
1925	6	#3,739
1924	0	–
1923	8	#3,173
1922	6	#3,870
1921	0	–
1920	5	#4,284
1919	6	#3,735
1918	0	–
1917	6	#3,543
1916	6	#3,515
1915	6	#3,391
1914	5	#3,263

Names like Rees

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

Rhys Luke Owen Dylan Jack Jake Alexander Riley Max Ryan Nathan Adam

Other spellings of Rees

Rhys Reece Reese Reiss Reis Rece Rhyse

Names related to Rees

Raees Reyes Reesa

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