Reiss
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- REES
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Reiss is a name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour; enthusiasm”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Reiss mean?
Welsh: spelling of Reece, from Welsh Rhys
“ardour; enthusiasm”
Rhys ap Gruffydd, known as the Lord Rhys, ruled the Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth in the 12th century.
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Is Reiss a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reiss has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Reiss in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Reiss, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 96 boys.
Half of all the boys named Reiss in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 227 boys in the UK were given Reiss or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #243, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 4% of the babies named Reiss in the UK in 1996, and 36% in 2023.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Reiss in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 36 | #854 |
| 2007 | 39 | #779 |
| 2006 | 49 | #643 |
| 2005 | 38 | #742 |
| 2004 | 56 | #512 |
| 2003 | 72 | #398 |
| 2002 | 71 | #381 |
| 2001 | 77 | #372 |
| 2000 | 89 | #336 |
| 1999 | 96 | #319 |
| 1998 | 96 | #301 |
| 1997 | 87 | #330 |
| 1996 | 81 | #327 |
How popular is Reiss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Reiss, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more boys named Reiss than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Reiss in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,981 boys in the US were given Reiss or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Reiss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Reiss
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke, Owen, Dylan, Liam, Jake, Callum, Rafe, Fergus, Idris, Jack, Ronan, Samuel
Other spellings of Reiss
Names related to Reiss
More Welsh names
Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Bowen, Griffin, Gavin, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn, Eira, Gwen, Ffion, Marvin
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, “Reiss: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reiss, updated 20 October 2026.