Reeve
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- REEV
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Reeve is a name of English origin, meaning “steward, bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Reeve mean?
English: occupational surname, from Old English gerefa
“steward, bailiff”
From an English surname for a reeve, the official who managed a manor or district on behalf of its lord.
Is Reeve a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reeve has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Reeve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Reeve, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Reeve in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Reeve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Reeve 19
- Reev 3
In 2022, 41% of the babies named Reeve in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Reeve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Reeve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Reeve, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 6 girls were also named Reeve in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Reeve than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Reeve in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Reeve in the US were girls.
Reeve in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,518 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Reeve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Reeve
Reev
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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, “Reeve: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reeve, updated 20 October 2026.