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Reid

Gender
Boy
Say it
REED
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#424 for boys
US rank, 2025
#293 for boys

Reid is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “red, red-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 424th for boys in the UK (105 babies) and 293rd for boys in the US (1,150 babies).

What does Reid mean?

Scottish: Scots surname, from Old English read

“red, red-haired”

Originally a nickname surname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, especially common in Scotland.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Reid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 105 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 1,150 boys in the US.

How popular is Reid in the UK?

Rank in 2025
424th among boys
Babies in 2025
105 about 1 in 2,900 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 105 boys in the UK were named Reid, making it the 424th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 567th.

2025 had the most boys named Reid of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Reid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 422nd in England and Wales and 333rd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 105 in 20252025
Reid in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025105#424
202496#465
202382#537
202288#501
202177#564
202074#567
201975#564
201878#553
201773#578
201676#564
201542#825
201454#683
201373#550
201257#670
201142#810
201036#883
200921#1,254
200820#1,294
200714#1,605
200624#1,034
200517#1,267
200415#1,301
200318#1,081
200215#1,151
200117#1,008
200019#917
199912#1,188
199818#906
199718#899
199614#1,021

How popular is Reid in the US?

Rank in 2025
293rd among boys
Babies in 2025
1,150 about 1 in 1,500 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,150 boys in the US were named Reid, making it the 293rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 316th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 1,432 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886. 34 girls were also named Reid in 2025 (4,171st for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Reid than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Reid in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1886Busiest: 1,432 in 20142025
Reid in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,150#293
20241,120#300
20231,060#315
20221,040#325
20211,109#299
20201,048#316
20191,180#292
20181,223#288
20171,246#288
20161,396#258
20151,339#278
20141,432#260
20131,373#259
20121,206#292
20111,123#297
20101,145#291
2009903#348
2008865#360
2007679#424
2006683#420
2005627#424
2004589#442
2003550#459
2002551#446
2001537#451
2000545#437
1999513#446
1998548#423
1997486#452
1996508#440
1995614#384
1994530#430
1993439#480
1992482#455
1991367#524
1990339#543
1989308#551
1988335#500
1987330#487
1986291#522
1985298#505
1984288#496
1983290#495
1982259#531
1981244#536
1980212#595
1979185#630
1978192#602
1977136#732
1976151#666
1975165#629
1974164#627
1973124#723
1972155#635
1971158#652
1970207#563
1969159#623
1968118#696
1967135#640
1966123#668
1965119#681
1964144#647
1963152#636
1962129#683
1961144#653
1960132#682
1959157#617
1958169#594
1957189#560
1956192#546
1955189#534
1954179#539
1953192#503
1952203#494
1951159#536
1950142#569
1949151#541
1948110#642
1947120#624
194693#671
194568#743
194467#761
194378#732
194272#755
194163#786
194064#770
193946#916
193849#897
193750#869
193651#853
193551#881
193451#881
193343#961
193256#852
193150#910
193058#865
192949#960
192873#752
192770#786
192664#825
192578#739
192488#696
192379#733
192285#709
192165#856
192078#739
191971#766
191853#909
191754#864
191638#1,043
191543#952
191434#949
191326#969
191228#835
19119#1,189
19106#1,420
19099#1,020
19089#946
19079#929
19067#1,003
19055#1,232
19048#874
19038#846
19020–
19018#778
19008#967
18990–
18988#803
18978#786
18967#899
189511#640
189414#543
18930–
18929#747
18910–
18907#814
18890–
18885#1,030
18870–
18866#845

Names like Reid

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

Brody, Finn, Ronan, Rowan, Logan, Cody, Kayden, Quinn, Rory, Rian, Finley, Nolan

Names related to Reid

Reed, Reda, Red, Redd

More Scottish names

Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Lachlan

Every Scottish 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, “Reid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reid, updated 20 October 2026.