Is Reeve a boy or girl name?

Reeve is a unisex name. Of the 1,183 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 20.2% were girls and 79.8% were boys.

Reeve

Recorded 1913–2025 · United States

Reeve was most popular in 2017, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,533 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,632, with 39 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,183 people named Reeve.

Reeve over time

Births per year. The dot marks Reeve’s peak in 2017. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Reeve a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Reeve is a unisex name — 20.2% of the 1,183 Americans given it were girls and 79.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 22% girls and 78% 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 Reeve

Where Reeve is most concentrated

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

California 9.0×

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