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
- #424among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 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.
Reid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #424 |
| 2024 | 96 | #465 |
| 2023 | 82 | #537 |
| 2022 | 88 | #501 |
| 2021 | 77 | #564 |
| 2020 | 74 | #567 |
| 2019 | 75 | #564 |
| 2018 | 78 | #553 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 76 | #564 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 54 | #683 |
| 2013 | 73 | #550 |
| 2012 | 57 | #670 |
| 2011 | 42 | #810 |
| 2010 | 36 | #883 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Reid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #293among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,150about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 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.
Reid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,150 | #293 |
| 2024 | 1,120 | #300 |
| 2023 | 1,060 | #315 |
| 2022 | 1,040 | #325 |
| 2021 | 1,109 | #299 |
| 2020 | 1,048 | #316 |
| 2019 | 1,180 | #292 |
| 2018 | 1,223 | #288 |
| 2017 | 1,246 | #288 |
| 2016 | 1,396 | #258 |
| 2015 | 1,339 | #278 |
| 2014 | 1,432 | #260 |
| 2013 | 1,373 | #259 |
| 2012 | 1,206 | #292 |
| 2011 | 1,123 | #297 |
| 2010 | 1,145 | #291 |
| 2009 | 903 | #348 |
| 2008 | 865 | #360 |
| 2007 | 679 | #424 |
| 2006 | 683 | #420 |
| 2005 | 627 | #424 |
| 2004 | 589 | #442 |
| 2003 | 550 | #459 |
| 2002 | 551 | #446 |
| 2001 | 537 | #451 |
| 2000 | 545 | #437 |
| 1999 | 513 | #446 |
| 1998 | 548 | #423 |
| 1997 | 486 | #452 |
| 1996 | 508 | #440 |
| 1995 | 614 | #384 |
| 1994 | 530 | #430 |
| 1993 | 439 | #480 |
| 1992 | 482 | #455 |
| 1991 | 367 | #524 |
| 1990 | 339 | #543 |
| 1989 | 308 | #551 |
| 1988 | 335 | #500 |
| 1987 | 330 | #487 |
| 1986 | 291 | #522 |
| 1985 | 298 | #505 |
| 1984 | 288 | #496 |
| 1983 | 290 | #495 |
| 1982 | 259 | #531 |
| 1981 | 244 | #536 |
| 1980 | 212 | #595 |
| 1979 | 185 | #630 |
| 1978 | 192 | #602 |
| 1977 | 136 | #732 |
| 1976 | 151 | #666 |
| 1975 | 165 | #629 |
| 1974 | 164 | #627 |
| 1973 | 124 | #723 |
| 1972 | 155 | #635 |
| 1971 | 158 | #652 |
| 1970 | 207 | #563 |
| 1969 | 159 | #623 |
| 1968 | 118 | #696 |
| 1967 | 135 | #640 |
| 1966 | 123 | #668 |
| 1965 | 119 | #681 |
| 1964 | 144 | #647 |
| 1963 | 152 | #636 |
| 1962 | 129 | #683 |
| 1961 | 144 | #653 |
| 1960 | 132 | #682 |
| 1959 | 157 | #617 |
| 1958 | 169 | #594 |
| 1957 | 189 | #560 |
| 1956 | 192 | #546 |
| 1955 | 189 | #534 |
| 1954 | 179 | #539 |
| 1953 | 192 | #503 |
| 1952 | 203 | #494 |
| 1951 | 159 | #536 |
| 1950 | 142 | #569 |
| 1949 | 151 | #541 |
| 1948 | 110 | #642 |
| 1947 | 120 | #624 |
| 1946 | 93 | #671 |
| 1945 | 68 | #743 |
| 1944 | 67 | #761 |
| 1943 | 78 | #732 |
| 1942 | 72 | #755 |
| 1941 | 63 | #786 |
| 1940 | 64 | #770 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | 50 | #869 |
| 1936 | 51 | #853 |
| 1935 | 51 | #881 |
| 1934 | 51 | #881 |
| 1933 | 43 | #961 |
| 1932 | 56 | #852 |
| 1931 | 50 | #910 |
| 1930 | 58 | #865 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 73 | #752 |
| 1927 | 70 | #786 |
| 1926 | 64 | #825 |
| 1925 | 78 | #739 |
| 1924 | 88 | #696 |
| 1923 | 79 | #733 |
| 1922 | 85 | #709 |
| 1921 | 65 | #856 |
| 1920 | 78 | #739 |
| 1919 | 71 | #766 |
| 1918 | 53 | #909 |
| 1917 | 54 | #864 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 43 | #952 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
Names like Reid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Reid
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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, “Reid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reid, updated 20 October 2026.