Is Reef a boy or girl name?

Reef is a boy’s name. Of the 1,353 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

Reef

Recorded 1996–2025 · United States

Reef was most popular in 2021, when 89 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,819 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,897, with 61 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,353 people named Reef.

Reef over time

Births per year. The dot marks Reef’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Reef a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Reef is a boy’s name — 4.7% of the 1,353 Americans given it were girls and 95.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Reef

Where Reef is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org