Reeves
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- REEVZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,421 for boys
Reeves is a name of English origin, meaning “of the reeve (steward)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Reeves mean?
English: English occupational surname
“of the reeve (steward)”
A reeve was a medieval steward or bailiff; the shire-reeve gave English the word sheriff.
Is Reeves a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reeves has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 56 boys in the US.
How popular is Reeves in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 124% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Reeves, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 10 girls were also named Reeves in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Reeves in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Reeves in the US were girls.
Reeves in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,156 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
Names like Reeves
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Reeves: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reeves, updated 20 October 2026.