Is Reeves a boy or girl name?

Reeves is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,059 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 7.7% were girls and 92.3% were boys.

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Reeves

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Reeves was most popular in 2024, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,103 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,625, with 66 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,059 people named Reeves.

Reeves over time

Births per year. The dot marks Reeves’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Reeves a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Reeves is mostly a boy’s name — 7.7% of the 1,059 Americans given it were girls and 92.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 16% girls and 84% 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