Name meaning & stats
Reed
Reed. 33,691 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
33,691 US babies were named Reed between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Reed (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Reed is the main spelling
- Reed 99%
- Red 1%
- Redd <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)