Is Rees a boy or girl name?

Rees is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,150 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.8% were girls and 88.2% were boys.

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Rees

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Rees was most popular in 2006, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,074 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,150 people named Rees.

Rees over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rees’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rees a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rees is mostly a boy’s name — 11.8% of the 1,150 Americans given it were girls and 88.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% 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.

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